Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:17:55 +0200 From: "Johan Hendriks" <Johan@double-l.nl> To: "Dan Allen" <danallen46@airwired.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Going to BSD 8 from RELENG_7 Message-ID: <57200BF94E69E54880C9BB1AF714BBCB5DEAEB@w2003s01.double-l.local> References: <CF4634E4-A061-4F6C-BE4D-5209679C130E@airwired.net>
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>I cvsup and build RELENG_7 many times a week. This has served me well >(except for the ZFS boot problem I had that went in and was backed =20 >out) for quite a while. >I like to track a STABLE release. When BSD 7 went to 7.1 and to 7.2, =20 >it all just happened automatically with the way I do things. >Now I am interested on one of my BSD machines to try 8.0. I need to =20 >change my cvsup target from RELENG_7 to CURRENT I believe. Is that =20 >true? When will STABLE become 8.0? >Also, does anyone know if there is a project page that talks about =20 >8.0, its timeline, its features, etc? If you type "8.0" into the main >freebsd.org web page it find nothing on the entire web site. =20 >Obviously something is wrong... >Thanks! >Dan Allen >Spring Lake, Utah Change your target to tag=3DRELENG_8 to track 8.0-Stable Or to tag=3DRELENG_8_0 to get the release (When it is released!!!!)=20 If you want to track CURRENT change your target to tag=3D. < do not = forget the dot it is CURRENT ;-) Tag=3D. Will become FreeBSD 9 when 8 is released. To see some big changes go to the following page. http://ivoras.sharanet.org/freebsd/freebsd8.html It give you one nice overview of things changed. Be aware that if you go from 7 to 8 you will need to rebuild all your installed ports. ALso if you do a buildworld from 7 to 8 do not do the make delete-old and the make delete-old-libs before you have rebuild your ports. If you do the make delete-old and make delete-old-libs runs, all ports depending on the FreeBSD 7 libs will not work any more. << read: most likely all your ports. If you have changed for example your Shell for root to a ports based shell like bash and you do the make delete-old-libs you can not log in anymore, because bash depends on the 7 libs wich are not there anymore. And as usual MAKE A GOOD BACKUP !!!! Regards, Johan =20 _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com=20 Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.55/2301 - Release Date: 08/13/09 18:16:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com=20 Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.55/2301 - Release Date: 08/13/09 18:16:00
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