Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 20:42:55 +0200 From: Marc "UBM" Bocklet <ubm@u-boot-man.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: status of 7.0 Message-ID: <20070708204255.01e19101.ubm@u-boot-man.de> In-Reply-To: <4690CFAA.30004@gmail.com> References: <8cdf6c720707070710k2b7e030v37683e460d983bf9@mail.gmail.com> <20070708111105.C9997@fledge.watson.org> <20070708132545.5604cbe9.ubm@u-boot-man.de> <4690CFAA.30004@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:51:06 +0200 Rene Ladan <r.c.ladan@gmail.com> wrote: > Marc UBM Bocklet schreef: > > > > > > I'd like to do some testing, but I'm a little bit afraid of the > > upgrade procedure 6.2-stable to -current. Is it possible to do a > > simple upgrade if I follow the guidelines in UPGRADE or are there > > any hidden caveats? (like "you've to recompile all installed > > ports", etc. :-)) > > > [...don't try this on a production box...] > > Just following the procedure and the changelog entries in > /usr/src/UPDATING should do the job. It's probably best to cvsup > into a new directory and clean /usr/obj before beginning the update. > That's how I updated from RELENG_6 to HEAD back in November 2006. > > Since we have a misc/compat6x port and a COMPAT_FREEBSD6 kernel > configuaration option, it shouldn't be necessary to rebuild all your > ports. Thanks a lot to you and David for the quick response, I'll try updating tomorrow :-) Bye Marc -- "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?" W.B. Yeats, The Second Cominghelp
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