From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 21 16:19:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6070316A4ED for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:19:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from gaia.nimnet.asn.au (nimbin.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.45.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAADD43D7C for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:19:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from localhost (smithi@localhost) by gaia.nimnet.asn.au (8.8.8/8.8.8R1.4) with SMTP id CAA05160 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:19:26 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:19:25 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Subject: 5.5 to 6.1 upgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:19:49 -0000 Hello -stable ones, I recently (without drama) upgraded a 5.4-RELEASE system to FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE #1: Tue Aug 1 11:11:20 EST 2006 for 'target practice' at least, on the way to 6.1-STABLE I was preparing to portupgrade everything next, when I wondered: a) should I upgrade from RELENG_5 straight to RELENG_6 or should I be stopping off at 6.1-RELEASE along the way first? and b) do I need to upgrade all existing ports (way out of date) before the source upgrade, or can I be confident of doing that from 6.1 (-R or -S)? FWIW: a wee Celeron 300, so minimising upgrade build times is desirable. Cheers, Ian