From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 25 12:30:50 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7879D106566B for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:30:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A8908FC0A for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:30:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywp17 with SMTP id 17so4685678ywp.13 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:30:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=pwaYdd1DhU3ptxZV2DFOukfcbjWQVYtVtXX9p+2Y118=; b=BbpB4evJk8A42+HBohGo1Y8NVAygr7BgWoUiwBJgdNJItWyCVj0ButOLXDWvYxvYrj RzD5EROHS6ufFUXPd4Sx4TEc73vHtGMyRs+3mqa/sxUzL2RJUmquLi16UKwiIYKUxwiB CzB+lSjSpmkj6g5cMLV8s3knuJ85CzTxiHGD4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.159.130 with SMTP id l2mr6484858icx.203.1316953849315; Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:30:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.177.199 with HTTP; Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:30:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110925082217.92E54106566B@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20110925082217.92E54106566B@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:30:49 -0500 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: Thomas Mueller Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:30:50 -0000 > More concerns and questions onthe new bsdinstall: > > There is no upgrade function. =A0How will a user be able to upgrade to BE= TA3 (or RC1?) without wiping out BETA2 installation? > > For instance, user might have built many software applications from ports= and not want to rebuild everything. > I have the same doubt/question. If I update the system via the ports, do I have BETA3/RC1? or do I have to run # freebsd-update to get the current release? Also, like is suggested, if I update by any means, I will probably have to delete && reinstall everything in the ports. Is there a way not to do this? Regards, Antonio