From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 19 17:42:35 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16FF7741 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:42:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mat@mat.cc) Received: from prod2.absolight.net (mx3.absolight.net [IPv6:2a01:678:2:100::25]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9C2AE27C8 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:42:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from prod2.absolight.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by prod2.absolight.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5712CBDC4C; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:42:30 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=mat.cc; h=date:from:to:cc :message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject:mime-version :content-type; s=plouf; bh=JZy5/bSaR+1et3KQzi/xtKgxo/Y=; b=SaqJg nMsqZnTRW0MDYeyzR289aKvxJ4NkOFzo8andWDp74onu4OmKkbOOGGgoCaJ4NB+r qr9zin1qunno0MEWn5jtGSSvgg8WxfU6Mv36IMCrbo40aF3miYGljfCGv081X+UZ ggvvPvf+vm/9XF1gfK+o6wQDveneJI2S/2Lb2w= Received: from [192.168.1.66] (249.234.194.77.rev.sfr.net [77.194.234.249]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by prod2.absolight.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B701DBDC1D; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:42:29 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:42:25 +0200 From: Mathieu Arnold To: Michael Sperber Message-ID: <9FA5875E253A45D5BFB0309A25AA25FC@mat.cc> In-Reply-To: References: <83FF91088F9ADFD31D4A912B@atuin.in.mat.cc> Subject: Re : Going from -STABLE to -RELEASE with freebsd-update support? X-Mailer: sparrow 1.3.5 (build 507.62) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:42:35 -0000 freebsd-update will look at the checksums so that it can download patches= , it will download the entire files if it cannot patch them, it has worke= d for me in the past quite a lot of times. =20 Setting UNAME=5Fr will make it think you have a supported release as an u= pgrade base. -- =20 Mathieu Arnold Le samedi 19 octobre 2013 =C3=A0 16:57, Michael Sperber a =C3=A9crit : > =20 > Mathieu Arnold writes: > =20 > > One easy way to do it would be to use freebsd-update directly, say yo= u're > > running 8.3-STABLE and want to go to 8.4-RELEASE : > > =20 > > =23 UNAME=5Fr=3D8.3-RELEASE freebsd-update -r 8.4-RELEASE upgrade > > =20 > > It'll trick freebsd-update into thinking it's running on 8.3-RELEASE,= which > > is more or less not that untrue, and it'll run the normal upgrade pro= cess > > to 8.4. > > =20 > =20 > =20 > Thanks=21 > =20 > Last I checked, freebsd-update looked at the actual files and their > checksums, and would refuse to run if it doesn't find what it expects. > Will setting UNAME=5Fr override this=3F > =20 > -- =20 > Regards, > Mike > =20 > =20