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Date:      Sun, 22 Sep 2002 02:53:02 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Upgrade
Message-ID:  <20020921235302.GA83890@hades.hell.gr>
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On 2002-09-21 18:30, "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> wrote:
>
> >1. Read the Handbook [upgrading from the source].
>
> I found the Handbook:
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/

That's it :-)

> but I can't find the upgrading from the source section.
> please point me in the right direction?
>
> >2. CVSup sources to RELENG_4_4 [security branch of 4.4-RELEASE version].
>
> I found CVSup:
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html &
> http://www.Google.com/search?q=freebsd+cvsup

This is the first step in upgrading from source.  The easiest, by far,
way of updating your /usr/src tree is probably:

	# cd /usr/src
	# make SUPFILE=/usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile SUP_UPDATE=yes update

There are other ways, and a few of them are described in the Handbook
too.  The above will probably get you started, since the Handbook
section seems intimidating.

> >3. Build and install new version.
> Is there a link for this procedure?

The makeworld chapter of the Handbook is one way of finding out about
this.  The other one is to read at least once through /usr/src/UPDATING
and make sure you look at the notes section titled:

        To update from 4.0-RELEASE or later to the most current
        4.x-STABLE
        ----------

Giorgos.

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