Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 11:30:19 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: "Mark L. Holloway" <mlholloway@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1 Upgrading Message-ID: <19990519113019.E78957@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <19990518230504.F24184@cpl.net>; from Shawn Ramsey on Tue, May 18, 1999 at 11:05:04PM -0700 References: <19990519052027.8077.rocketmail@web507.yahoomail.com> <19990518230504.F24184@cpl.net>
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On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 11:05:04PM -0700, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > If I installed FreeBSD 3.1 Stable 4 weeks ago and I want to make sure > > I have the absolute latest, most current (3.1) version of FreeBSD - > > what am I supposed to do? > > > > Do I simply perform a /stand/sysinstall and select "Upgrade" and pick > > an FTP server? Since I installed 3.1 Stable from scratch my > > configuration option is already set to 3.1-STABLE. What if I were > > running 3.1-RELEASE, then what would I do? > > > > Thanks..I greatly appreciate the information! > > Normally, to track stable, you would CVSup the source code, and recompile > the world. There is a section in the handbook on tracking stable(and > current), you may want to take a look at it. > And to complete the second task -- rebuild the world, refer to the "Upgrading FreeBSD from source (using make world)" tutorial, which could be found at http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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