Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:33:23 -0500 From: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> To: Trond =?iso-8859-1?Q?Endrest=F8l?= <trond.endrestol@ximalas.info> Cc: questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Updating from 11.3-stable to 12.1-stable? Message-ID: <20200430003322.GB1510@rancor.immure.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.22.395.2004300026400.91211@enterprise.ximalas.info> References: <20200427200111.GA39823@rancor.immure.com> <20200428130853.GB39823@rancor.immure.com> <20200429212754.GA1510@rancor.immure.com> <alpine.BSF.2.22.395.2004300026400.91211@enterprise.ximalas.info>
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On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 12:29:47AM +0200, Trond Endrestøl wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:27-0500, Bob Willcox wrote:
>
> > Well, here are the steps that I took to upgrade my 11.3-STABLE system to
> > 12.1-STABLE. May not be the best/most efficient but they worked for me
> > and I thought someone else may benefit from them.
> >
> > 1) Make a backup of the current system
> > 2) Delete everything in /usr/src, making certin to remove the files and directories
> > that start with a dot (".").
>
> You can combine 2 and 4 in one go:
>
> svn switch ^/stable/12 /usr/src
>
> > 3) Delete everything in /usr/obj.
> > 4) Download (via svn) the new FreeBSD release /usr/src to be updated to.
> > 5) Build the new world from the source.
> > 6) Build the new kernel from the source.
> > 7) Run "mergemaster -Fp" to update files that may be needing update prior to
> > doing the installworld.
> > 8) Run "make installworld" in /usr/src.
> > 9) Run "make installkernel" in /usr/src.
> > 10) Run "mergemaster -iU" do update any remaining files that need to be updated.
> > 11) Reboot the system.
> > 12) Run "pkg update" to update the pkg database to the new system's level.
> > 13) Run "pkg upgrade" to update all packages to reflect the new system's level.
> > 14) Reboot the system.
> >
> > Bob
>
> --
> Trond.
Thanks for the tip. Of course, that would have required that I learned more about
svn. My brute force approach was obvious and it worked. :)
Bob
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