From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 28 20:20:47 2003 Return-Path: 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 9887C16A4B3 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:20:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 561DF44013 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:20:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from adam.mclaurin@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 29049 invoked by uid 65534); 29 Sep 2003 03:20:45 -0000 Received: from dsl-cust-145.openweb.ca (EHLO jake) (64.39.186.145) by mail.gmx.net (mp012) with SMTP; 29 Sep 2003 05:20:45 +0200 X-Authenticated: #19934200 Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:20:43 -0400 From: Adam McLaurin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030928232043.0b2e95b0.adam.mclaurin@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20030929025704.B0E042FE@elitists.org> References: <20030929025704.B0E042FE@elitists.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.5-gtk2-20030906 (GTK+ 2.2.4; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: upgrading 4.0 to stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 03:20:47 -0000 On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:57:04 -0500 (CDT) "F. Even" wrote: > I would like to upgrade a 4.0 machine to STABLE, or at least to the > RELENG security level. How difficult will this be? Is there anything > > special that I need to be concerned about, so I don't get bit? This > is kind of an important box....and I don't want it to take a nose-dive > > after I reboot it remotely. The most common advice is to upgrade incrementally. Upgrading directly from 4.0 to 4.8 is likely to encounter problems. I personally would recommend 4.0 to 4.3, then 4.3 to 4.6.2, then 4.6.2 to 4.8. Check the handbook for the appropriate CVS tags. In any case, it is *very* important that you read /usr/src/UPDATING each time you update your source. This will inform you of any special steps you need to take before upgrading to that respective version. If you're especially paranoid and have plenty of time, you could even do the upgraded in more increments than I recommended. Just be sure to read the UPDATING file each time. Hope that helps, Adam