From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 15 14:20: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0E9B37B409 for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 14:20:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-b106.otenet.gr [195.167.121.234]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.11.5/8.11.5) with ESMTP id f8FLJwd14365; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 00:19:58 +0300 (EEST) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.11.6/8.11.6) id f8FJZ0M11159; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 22:35:00 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from charon@labs.gr) Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 22:34:59 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Tim locke Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading freebsd Message-ID: <20010915223459.C10934@hades.hell.gr> References: <20010915033615.11506.qmail@web20401.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010915033615.11506.qmail@web20401.mail.yahoo.com>; from fbsd2002@yahoo.com on Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 08:36:15PM -0700 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3A 75 52 EB F1 58 56 0D - C5 B8 21 B6 1B 5E 4A C2 X-URL: http://students.ceid.upatras.gr/~keramida/index.html Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Tim locke wrote: > is there a way to upgrade freebsd 4.3 to 4.4 (once it > comes out that is) automatically? sort of like > 'apt-get dist-upgrade' in debian...if not better... > > if there is, please point me to the right docs/manual > so I can read/follow it... > > or I'm stuck and I'd have to get the newer version and > reinstall from scratch? > > thanks in advance I usually update from the sources. CVSup to the source version I want to upgrade to, then remove all ports[1], build and install world[2], CVSup my /usr/ports directory, and reinstall ports on demand. This works nicely for machines where a little downtime does not hurt, but for production machines it might be a bit more difficult. But for production machines, you'd (hopefully) use a spare box as a test box of the new release, and just swap the boxes when the newly installed machine is ready for production, right? -giorgos [1] I am using an upgrade as an excuse to recompile every port I really use, with the new system libraries, etc. Instead of trying to upgrade ports, one by one, I prefer removing them all, and rebuilding only those that I find useful, as the need arises. [2] As described in the updated by CVSup version of /usr/src/UPDATING. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message