From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 21 21:52:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 633A816A4DA for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:52:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) Received: from koef.zs64.net (koef.zs64.net [213.238.47.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD53D43D4C for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:52:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) Received: (from stb@koef.zs64.net) (authenticated) by koef.zs64.net (8.13.8/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k7LLq3Bf018229 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:52:14 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stb@lassitu.de) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Stefan Bethke Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:52:02 +0200 To: Ian Smith X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.5 to 6.1 upgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:52:18 -0000 Am 21.08.2006 um 18:19 schrieb Ian Smith: > Hello -stable ones, > > I recently (without drama) upgraded a 5.4-RELEASE system to > FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE #1: Tue Aug 1 11:11:20 EST 2006 > for 'target practice' at least, on the way to 6.1-STABLE > > I was preparing to portupgrade everything next, when I wondered: > > a) should I upgrade from RELENG_5 straight to RELENG_6 or should I be > stopping off at 6.1-RELEASE along the way first? and I'd go straight to 6-stable. Make sure you have a good backup, even if you stop over at 6.1. > b) do I need to upgrade all existing ports (way out of date) before > the > source upgrade, or can I be confident of doing that from 6.1 (-R or > -S)? > > FWIW: a wee Celeron 300, so minimising upgrade build times is > desirable. Unless you have business critical apps running (downtime must be minimal), you can wait until you've completed the upgrade to 6- stable, and then run portupgrade -af. If you'd like to run the portupgrade overnight, you might want to define BATCH, and possibly set any port building options in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf, otherwise, the port builds will be frequently interrupted by make config questions. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke Fon +49 170 346 0140