From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 4 11:52:56 2003 Return-Path: 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 944C437B404 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 11:52:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E6A43F93 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 11:52:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (root@tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id h34Jqoa01412 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 11:52:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by thought.org (8.12.6/8.11.3) id h34Jqpfn041006; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 11:52:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 11:52:48 -0800 From: Gary D Kline To: Gary D Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20030404195248.GA40819@tao.thought.org> References: <20030404180933.GA40678@tao.thought.org> <20030404190117.GA88508@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030404190117.GA88508@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 16 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Subject: Re: 4.3 -> 4.8 upgrade: pitfalls? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 19:52:56 -0000 On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 09:01:18PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 10:09:34AM -0800, Gary D Kline wrote: > > > > Hi people, > > > > I cvsup'd (finally) to 4.8 from 4.3 on my primary nameserver. > > Should I expect any unexpecteds here or will the standard > > work: > > > > make world, make and install kernel; single-user to install > > world; mergemaster, reboot > > > > ??? > > > > Clues, tips, insights welcome! > > Remember to read /usr/src/UPDATING. Most potential pitfalls and > problems should be described there. > (Be sure to read the 20020404 entry in particular. You need to run > mergemaster -p before installworld or the installworld will fail.) > Thanks duly noted to you and Kent Stewart. I caught the "smmsp" factoid before upgrading other servers to 4.7 and 4.7-PRE but it had slipped thru the seive of my memory, so your tip is appreciated! Anyway, about to launch (and down several shots of Bourbon:). If thought.org disappears from the net, you'll know what happened.... gary > > > -- > > Erik Trulsson > ertr1013@student.uu.se -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix