Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 20:36:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to 2.1.5 versus SUP Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960728203523.605E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960725125035.2405A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, Annelise Anderson wrote: > I'm wondering whether SUP would get all the 2.1.5 source files or only > the ones that have been changed. I ran sup -sfv to find out what it > would do and it would receive 1577 files, create 223 new ones, update > 433 (mostly, I think) directories, and delete 258 files, primarily but > not exclusively games. The results adding the -k or -u switches, which > seem to be two ways of saying "newer files only," were identical. By > contrast the existing /usr/src directory seems to have over 10,000 > files. It will at least touch everything since it was all tagged. > "Upgrading" (I've already got the floppy files for 2.1.5) would seem > quicker and easier, but I've never done an upgrade (versus a full > install). Is it correct that these two methods would result in an > identical operating system, just without the most recent source code > in the case of the upgrade? The upgrade is the easier way to go. You have to hack some /etc files yourself (as well as BACK IT UP BEFORE UPGRADING), but other than that it's rather seamless. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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