Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:17:37 +0100 From: Andrei Brezan <andrei693@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd.update 8.2 to 9.0 Success Message-ID: <4F290331.4090907@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F284C04.9060608@speakeasy.org> References: <4F284C04.9060608@speakeasy.org>
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On 1/31/2012 9:16 PM, Thomas D. Dean wrote: > Maybe the wrong list, but, this was from STABLE -> STABLE. > > I have an old 32-bit machine that had 8.2-STABLE on it. > > I tried to upgrade using 8.2 update > > # freebsd.update upgrade -r 9.0 > failed with the no more mirrors message > # env UNAME_r=8.2-RELEASE freebsd.update upgrade -r 9.0 > failed with the no more mirrors message > I tried > # sed -i '' -e 's/=_/=%@_/' /usr/sbin/freebsd-update > # env UNAME_r=8.2-RELEASE freebsd.update upgrade -r 9.0 > similar failure > > I copied freebsd.update from my 9.0 amd64 system. > > # env UNAME_r=8.2-RELEASE ./freebsd.update upgrade -r 9.0 > > Worked! > > After following directions until update completed and updating ports > with portupgrade -a -PP, the 32-bit machine was running 9.0 with no > known problems. > > I changed stable-supfile to > ... > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_9 > ... > > I updated the source tree, did the '11 step program' in > /usr/src/Makefile. All succeeded. > > > ssh <32-bit machine> uname -a > ... > FreeBSD asus.tddhome 9.0-STABLE FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE #0: Tue Jan 31 > 07:39:04 PST 2012 tomdean@asus.tddhome:/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > > Tom Dean > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Hi Tom, Is that a typo? I know freebsd-update not freebsd.update and that works only for REALEASE not STABLE. I always update STABLE with csup and make buildworld/installworld as in handbook. You can see also http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=2930 Regards, Andrei Brezan
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