From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 8 8:25:31 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 08:25:30 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gekko.i-clue.de (server.ms-agentur.de [62.153.134.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D036A37B400 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:25:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from i-clue.de (automatix.i-clue.de [192.168.0.112]) by gekko.i-clue.de (8.9.3/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) with ESMTP id SAA23110; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 18:30:49 +0100 Message-ID: <3A310BAB.F7B25A21@i-clue.de> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 17:26:19 +0100 From: Christoph Sold Organization: i-clue GmbH X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [de] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: de MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jack Juil Harris, Jr." Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CVSup vs. Script upgrade. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Jack Juil Harris, Jr." schrieb: > > What is easier, CVSup or the Script ugrade that comes with a newer version > of FreeBSD. > > I have a 4.0Release box that I want to go 4.2 stable. Should I CVSup to > 4.2Stable or do the upgrade that comes with the boot disks and CD-Rom to get > to 4.2Release. It's a matter of taste. I personally like the idea to compile the world and the kernel after CVSuping the Stable sources. OTOH, sometimes there are pitfalls on the road: Make sure to read and *understand* /usr/src/UPDATING (obviously) *before* you attempt to do it. Having a machine not booting after an update is a common experience after not reading this file. Doing a binary update (/stand/sysinstall -> update) isn't less risky, though: this one just drops the binaries where they belong. If you forget to update /dev entires or do not adjust the configuration files, you're in for a nasty surprise, too. The reason why I prefer the CVSup method is easy: a full buildworld/installworld/buildkernel/installkernel cycle lasts several hours on my lowly P-133. More than enough time to read all the new material accompanying the new version. When the build completes, I have finished reading ;) HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message