From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 21 17:00:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2CE616A43D for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 17:00:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B166D43D5E for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 16:59:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 4.62 #0 (FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE)) id 1FhrHT-000PtG-ND by authid for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 19:59:51 +0300 Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 19:59:51 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060521165951.GB93299@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <004201c67cd1$5afe9280$6401a8c0@jiongyi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <004201c67cd1$5afe9280$6401a8c0@jiongyi> X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message, where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.11 (2005-09-15) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Subject: Re: Upgrading to 6.1 from 5.4 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: Sun, 21 May 2006 17:00:03 -0000 * On 21/05/06 20:23 +0800, Jiongyi Jiang (citiz) wrote: | Dear all, | | I got 5.4 installed before and now wants to have 6.1. | Is there any way to upgrade from 6.1 to 5.4 rather than install a | fresh version of 6.1? Thanks in advance. hi Jiang, I am FreeBSD "damu" (by blood), and so I'll tell you how I do it. Between 5.x and 6.x, you really do not need a fresh install. Just use cvsup to update. If you know how to use cvsup, then in your supfile for the source tree, you could change the tag to: *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6_1_0_RELEASE (This will give you 6.1-RELEASE). Then just run cvsup: cvsup -g -L 2 /path/to/supfile Now read the UPDATING: less /usr/src/UPDATING If you've been updating sources and UPDATING before, then reading this file almost tells you everything you need to know, and even what is likely to bite you. Now that we are at it, /usr/ports/UPDATING is another masterpiece. Both files are chronicled from the last time there was a major version change/bump. -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.