Date: 01 Jun 2001 14:34:25 -0400 From: Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Raymond Brighenti <bargi@webfront.net.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hints and tips for upgrading from 3.2 to latest release Message-ID: <87wv6wjbgu.fsf@thanatos.shenton.org> In-Reply-To: <20010531191331.B13040@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <5.0.2.1.2.20010601114404.018af770@mail.webfront.net.au> <20010531191331.B13040@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes: > Don't bother trying to upgrade by recompiling source, it's much more > trouble than it's worth. Just do a binary upgrade and it should all > just work. This may sound lame, but is the binary upgrade (presumably via /stand/sysinstall) something that can be done over the net? Or when it replaces my ssh, X11, etc, will my connection die as the old binary or its libraries get replaced? I'd prefer to be in front of the console of course, but sometimes it's not possible. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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