From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 00:28:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5CE016A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:28:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from mtaw6.prodigy.net (mtaw6.prodigy.net [64.164.98.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CCB943D53 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:28:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (aced53d2002486637263cbe3f717c50d@adsl-67-119-53-203.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.119.53.203]) by mtaw6.prodigy.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2A8QvQ4000984; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:26:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 675CF511F1; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:27:57 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:27:57 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Crucial Servers Message-ID: <20040310082757.GA84229@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <1b5b01c40671$fe69bc70$6401a8c0@JAMES> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0F1p//8PRICkK4MW" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1b5b01c40671$fe69bc70$6401a8c0@JAMES> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSD 3.5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 08:28:21 -0000 --0F1p//8PRICkK4MW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 02:33:34AM -0500, Crucial Servers wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I need some advice on steps for upgrading a very valueble > machine. This machine has an uptime of 393 days. I need to install a > secure version of "curl" this is our main focus right now. FreeBSD > 3.5 ports collection is very b0rked and nothing works, I tried > downloading the cvsup source and installing it, but now it cant find > m3build. "Secured" version of curl? I don't know what you mean by that, but on a networked 3.5 system an insecure ftp/www client is the least of your security worries! > My main focus is getting this OS to 4.9-STABLE the SAFE way and > "Yes" its a contracted machine so its remote. I know there is going > to be tons of b0rked programs when I'm all said and done. Can > someone please explain how to tackle this animal slowly, I was > thinking 4.0 then 4.5 then 4.9. Do you have a serial console installed? If so, you can just do a binary upgrade install instead of messing around trying to compile the sources. Make sure you do a complete system backup before you begin, of course. Kris --0F1p//8PRICkK4MW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFATtGNWry0BWjoQKURAhBiAKCDl+6d3uhl7VjmqKX+Nx/1j/J43gCfWaju XFfxsK76wIlH0icOu5KTG1Q= =tf9D -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0F1p//8PRICkK4MW--