Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:37:35 -0500 From: Puna Tannehill <puna@imagescape.com> To: info@sonservers.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating 5.2.1 Release # Message-ID: <41090BAF.6010600@imagescape.com> In-Reply-To: <20047299555.097692@IBM-R40> References: <20047299555.097692@IBM-R40>
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Scott wrote: > Hi, > > I completed my first update (upgrade?) of a 5.2.1 fresh > FreeBSD install. I followed a couple how-to's, the handbook, > and "Absolute BSD" as my guides. My machine is a 1.8Ghz AMD. > > Here is my supfile: > > *default host=cvsup15.us.FreeBSD.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_2_1_RELEASE > *default delete use-rel-suffix > *default compress > src-all > ports-all tag=. > > Everything seemed to go without a hitch. I did: > > 1. cvsup mysupfile > 2. make buildworld > 3. make buildkernel > 4. make installkernel > 5. make installworld > > The system is up and seems to be running fine, but here's my > question: > > uname -a shows: > FreeBSD 5.2.1-Release #0: > > I was expecting the release (version, revision# ?) number to > be greater than #0. I think I've seen where the latest > revision is #9 or so? Do I need to tell it to get the latest > revision somehow? Do I need to change the cvs tag= to > something else to get up to date? I thought the #number indicated the number of times the server has been rebooted based upon the last time the kernel was recompiled. Being that it is #0, it was your first book. Reboot the machine and check the number again. Puna > Thanks for your time, > Scott > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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