Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:11:47 -0800 From: Oliver Iberien <odilist@sonic.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to upgrade an exist freebsd to freebsd6.2 ? Message-ID: <200701271211.47434.odilist@sonic.net> In-Reply-To: <20070127193731.F285616A49E@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20070127193731.F285616A49E@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Saturday 27 January 2007 11:37, freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org wrote: > Message: 16 > Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:59:18 +0100 (CET) > From: "Zbigniew Szalbot" <zbyszek@szalbot.homedns.org> > Subject: Re: How to upgrade an exist freebsd to freebsd6.2 ? > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: > <62266.192.168.11.7.1169909958.squirrel@lists.lc-words.com> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 > > Hello, > > >> BTW: Does this upgrade procedure apply and can it be used to go from > >> 6.1 to 6.2 freeBSD too ? > >> > >> > >> Thanks > >> DAk > > > > yes, it will work from any version of 6 and up. It should work fine in 7 > > unless the technique changes for some reason. > > I upgraded from 6.1 to 6.2 last week following Eric's points which I like > for being clear and precise. The only issue you need to be cautious about > is when using mergmaster to merge changes for files you may have modified > in /etc/ > > I messed it up and as a result had to recrate /etc from a back up that I > accidentally (mind you!) made before upgrading. > > Good luck! > > -- > Zbigniew Szalbot Would you be able to say what you *should* have told mergemaster? Were there any other tricky mergemaster bits that you did correctly but are worth pointing out? Thanks, Oliverhelp
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