From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 29 09:37:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A209A1065675 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:37:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from krad@snaffler.net) Received: from mk-filter-3-a-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com (mk-filter-3-a-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com [212.74.100.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 130368FC08 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:37:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from krad@snaffler.net) X-Trace: 135507607/mk-filter-3.mail.uk.tiscali.com/B2C/$b2c-TRUSTED/b2c-IMPLICITLY_TRUSTED/212.74.112.53/None/krad@snaffler.net X-SBRS: None X-RemoteIP: 212.74.112.53 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: krad@snaffler.net X-MUA: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081023) X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgoBABMHgUnUSnA1/2dsb2JhbAAIyn6EDgY X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.37,343,1231113600"; d="scan'208";a="135507607" Received: from e1-1.ns500-1.ts.milt.as9105.net (HELO [10.44.24.27]) ([212.74.112.53]) by smtp.tiscali.co.uk with ESMTP; 29 Jan 2009 09:37:34 +0000 Message-ID: <498178CD.8040405@snaffler.net> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:37:17 +0000 From: "krad@snaffler.net" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081023) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Akenner References: <94136a2c0901280332n7301fe50tc85408a9f20c6a22@mail.gmail.com> <49804A92.904@gmail.com> <20090128133943.6ac00015@gumby.homeunix.com> <4981455F.8060907@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4981455F.8060907@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:37:37 -0000 here is howto rebuild you system via cvs dump this into a file --------------->8 *default host=cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7 *default delete use-rel-suffix src-all --------------->8 add these lines to /etc/make.conf SUP_UPDATE= yes SUPFILE= then cd /usr/src make update && make buildworls && make buildkernel && make installkernel ( if you are multicore do a -j 8 or something on the build lines, anything upto 32 should build ok ) reboot cd /usr/src mergmaster -p make installworld mergmaster reboot i theory tou should rebuild all your ports now as well, but generally i never both and havent had trouble if you dont have anything in /usr/src or dont have one just install the base src distribution from sysinstall or download install.sh, sbase.aa, sbase.inf from you favorite freebsd mirror and do a ./install.sh base eg mine is here http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/7.1-RELEASE/src/ Akenner wrote: > RW wrote: >> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:07:46 -0700 >> Tim Judd wrote: >> >> >> >>> Nothing really beats the CVS way. And when I tried a 7.0 to a 7.1, >>> it wanted like >30,000 updates and was taking forever. >>> >> >> It seems to me that most people that come to this list with base-system >> update problems are using freebsd-update. >> _______________________________________________ >> >> > This is going to seem stupid, but instead of making a new topic, can > someone link to me a working link of the handbook where you update > your CVS and so on? I know that on the FreeBSD page there is a > handbook that has exactly what I'm looking for, and for some reason > I'm having trouble finding it even though I used to have it saved but > I don't anymore and I wanted to get CVS sources updated so I can do > some updating. > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > 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"