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Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Vince wrote:
>  > Eric wrote:
>  > > S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu) wrote:
>  > > > Now i am using FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE. Now want to upgrade to FreeBSD
>  > > > 6.1-Stable. What is the easy process ?
>  > > 
>  > > this works well
>  > > 
>  > > http://mikestammer.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=bsd:updateos
>  > the cvsup part looks ok but for the actual build then read
>  > /usr/src/Makefile
>  > for the recommended procedure.
> 
> It's better to read /usr/src/UPDATING.
> 
> Best regards
>    Oliver
> 

my wiki above mentions reading UPDATING (in step 3) before starting...

UPDATING pretty much says exactly the same thing, except its 80% of the
way into UPDATING. The wiki above also explains things a bit more for
someone who has never done it.