Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 20:38:50 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, ru@FreeBSD.org Cc: Charlie Brewster <ecliptica.ww@virgin.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvsup and make buildworld - from FreeBSD 4.0 Message-ID: <20020109203850.D658@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20020109203446.B658@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 08:34:46PM -0800 References: <3.0.5.32.20020110015018.0079cea0@mail.virgin.net> <20020109203446.B658@xor.obsecurity.org>
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--n/aVsWSeQ4JHkrmm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Oops, forgot to cc Ruslan. Kris On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 08:34:46PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 01:50:18AM +0000, Charlie Brewster wrote: > > Hi > > =20 > > I'm trying to upgrade from FreeBSD 4.0 on a FreeBSD-only P300/128MB. > > =20 > > With some much-appreciated help from list-members on > > freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org I've managed to get to the point where I c= an > > download/update files easily and consistently using cvsup. Sadly I've n= ot > > managed yet to get a complete run-through of "make buildworld". > > =20 > > After trying with RELENG_4 and getting a crash in the same place twice = (see > > script output file extracts below), I attempted to revert to an earlier > > release version of 4.x and did cvsup with a tag=3DRELENG_4_4_RELEASE - = I was > > inferring this as a valid tag value from an outdated printed copy of the > > handbook. >=20 > Should have been RELENG_4_4_0_RELEASE >=20 > Anyway, I suspect that your problem is that source-level upgrades from > 4.0 to 4.4 are not supported (or if they're supposed to be, they may > be broken). I've cc'ed one of the developers who was working on it a > while ago. >=20 > In the absence of source upgrades being available, you'll have to do a > binary upgrade (e.g. download the 4.4-RELEASE installation floppy and > use the 'upgrade' option). >=20 > Kris --n/aVsWSeQ4JHkrmm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8PRraWry0BWjoQKURAvCNAKD0/1ecAZVSKkyO5cwuagJZ/qM81ACg1qka CRU5vousIuvagsj6TIgXjhA= =vGQn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --n/aVsWSeQ4JHkrmm-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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