From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 21 13: 3:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9B5E37B401 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 13:03:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nic.upatras.gr (nic.upatras.gr [150.140.129.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1E0FF43E86 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 13:03:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (qmail 9065 invoked from network); 21 Sep 2002 19:56:19 -0000 Received: from upnet-dialinpool-85.upatras.gr (HELO hades.hell.gr) (150.140.128.169) by nic.upatras.gr with SMTP; 21 Sep 2002 19:56:19 -0000 Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g8LK3HIX039819; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:03:17 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g8LK3HN4039815; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:03:17 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:03:16 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: "W. D." Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Upgrade Message-ID: <20020921200316.GC22497@hades.hell.gr> References: <003701c26123$1d5d5240$32040101@hume> <5.1.0.14.2.20020921140231.048ce360@us-webmasters.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020921140231.048ce360@us-webmasters.com> X-PGP-Fingerprint: C1EB 0653 DB8B A557 3829 00F9 D60F 941A 3186 03B6 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 On 2002-09-21 14:04, "W. D." wrote: > At 06:10 9/21/2002, Jerry McAllister wrote: > >Instead, download either the CD iso-s or floppy images for 4.6.2 > >and start fresh with a new install of 4.6.2. Then you can have > >the joy of upgrading from there to -stable or 4.7 or ... > > What about a situation where you've 'inherited' a box with 4.4 that > is online and working and want to upgrade the security patches. How > does one do that? 1. Read the Handbook [upgrading from the source]. 2. CVSup sources to RELENG_4_4 [security branch of 4.4-RELEASE version]. 3. Build and install new version. Giorgos. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message