Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:46:52 -0500 From: Scott Bennett <bennett@sdf.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating from 11.3-stable to 12.1-stable? Message-ID: <202004301346.03UDkr12006318@sdf.org> In-Reply-To: <mailman.32653.1588244990.21073.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.32653.1588244990.21073.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:27:54 -0500 Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> wrote:
>
> Well, here are the steps that I took to upgrade my 11.3-STABLE system to
> 12.1-STABLE. May not be the best/most efficient but they worked for me
> and I thought someone else may benefit from them.
>
> 1) Make a backup of the current system
> 2) Delete everything in /usr/src, making certin to remove the files and directories
> that start with a dot (".").
> 3) Delete everything in /usr/obj.
> 4) Download (via svn) the new FreeBSD release /usr/src to be updated to.
> 5) Build the new world from the source.
> 6) Build the new kernel from the source.
> 7) Run "mergemaster -Fp" to update files that may be needing update prior to
> doing the installworld.
> 8) Run "make installworld" in /usr/src.
> 9) Run "make installkernel" in /usr/src.
> 10) Run "mergemaster -iU" do update any remaining files that need to be updated.
> 11) Reboot the system.
> 12) Run "pkg update" to update the pkg database to the new system's level.
> 13) Run "pkg upgrade" to update all packages to reflect the new system's level.
> 14) Reboot the system.
>
If you did things as you state and it worked, you got lucky. Your step 7) has
to be run in /usr/src, just like 8) and 9) and 10). 8) and 9) appear above in
reversed order. Also, you omitted 8.5). Steps 8) through 9) should have been:
8) Run "make installkernel" in /usr/src.
8.5) Reboot. IFF this new kernel comes up correctly, then proceed to step 9).
9) Run "make installworld" in /usr/src.
Not doing it like this runs a grave risk of needing to restore the system from
backups to make it usable again. The last time I looked at it, the Handbook
laid this procedure out clearly.
Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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