Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:00:04 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> To: Akenner <SlackWareWolf@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE] Message-ID: <4982C194.1060300@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4982BA04.9020102@comcast.net> References: <4982BA04.9020102@comcast.net>
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Akenner wrote: > Hi, > > I've continued reading to keep myself updated with info used, and I > have a few questions about what I've seen about freebsd-update: > > I've read not to use FreeBSD-update AND cvsup together, and so I've > decided to go along with this as to not cause problems for myself. > > Does FreeBSD-update have any benefit over the cvsup method? I've heard > you don't have to go single user and a few other things, but does it > have any actual benefit? > > Thanks, > > -Allen You don't have to recompile anything (can be lengthy esp. on older machines), the mergemaster step is usually a lot simpler and less tedious. Very useful for people tracking RELEASE and the security branch. You still need csup / cvsup to track STABLE or CURRENT though.
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