Date: Wed, 5 Jul 1995 08:15:17 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: lafollet@andante.cis.temple.edu (Paul LaFollette) Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1.1.5 -> 2.0.5 upgrade Message-ID: <199507050615.IAA04529@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199507042301.XAA17175@andante.cis.temple.edu> from "Paul LaFollette" at Jul 4, 95 11:01:04 pm
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As Paul LaFollette wrote: > > I plan to back up everything of course, but is there any way to preserve > /usr/local/src and /usr/users during the upgrade process? Or should I just > bite the bullet, tar them over to another machine, and then untar them > when I am done? You can preserve whole file systems, but i think you will have to convert them to the 4.4BSD format (there used to be an fsck option - i forgot it). > What stuff in /etc am I gonna forget to save? You can `recycle' many things of /etc, e.g. sendmail.cf, aliases, the master.passwd file (as long as you're using the same password encryption), the named and resolver configuration... > What stuff elsewhere am I gonna forget to save? /var/cron/tabs, if you have been using them. Maybe more? All config- uration files of non-system applications. Most likely below /usr/local. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults > Do I correctly assume that I will need to rebuild all my current applications? You don't need. You can install the FreeBSD 1 compat package (i.e., the shared libs). I've recently upgraded my notebook from 1.1.5.1 to 2.0.5. I'm sure i have forgotten something above. :) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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