Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 20:59:49 +0200 From: Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de> To: Naveen Glore <freebsdsl1@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSD. Message-ID: <20031002185949.GB58696@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> In-Reply-To: <20031002151359.96663.qmail@web10003.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20031002151359.96663.qmail@web10003.mail.yahoo.com>
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--CUfgB8w4ZwR/yMy5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Hi, > I have a freeBSD 4.5-Release server. I could not find any packages > available for 4.5 version at freebsd ftp site. So i decided to > upgrade it to FreeBSD 4.8-Release. Can i upgrade the server without > any change in its current configuration. Since you did not post your current configuration, it is difficult to guess which services etc. you are running. If you are thinking of applications from packages/ports, then everything should be you fine with them, since they are not affected by an upgrade. On the other hand, the step from 4.5 to 4.8 is quite large, so you should keep good backup just in case anything gets messed. There are also quite a lot of changes to the base system's configuration files, should you should read /usr/src/UPDATING _very_ carefully and be carefull at the mergemaster step (I am assuming you are planning a source upgrade to RELENG_4_8, a.k.a security branch of FreeBSD 4.8). If you want to do a binary update, I must admit that I have no experience with that -- perhaps someone else can share his one with us. Regards, Simon --CUfgB8w4ZwR/yMy5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/fHWlCkn+/eutqCoRAhCZAJ9aOU2Yq3IKNffnNQQ26ITpQETcuQCfb5L+ YeA9u9Bx/RmyZSrGhYozXbQ= =KAsG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CUfgB8w4ZwR/yMy5--
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