From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Feb 21 11:17: 2 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B4B537B401 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:17:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from postal3.es.net (postal3.es.net [198.128.3.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 281C943FF7 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:16:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal3.es.net (Postal Node 3) with ESMTP id MUA74016; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:16:56 -0800 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 605D05D04; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:16:56 -0800 (PST) To: Brian O'Shea Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: STABLE buildworld/buildkernel on 4.5-R apparently worked In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:05:51 PST." <20030221190551.98235.qmail@web10508.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:16:56 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20030221191656.605D05D04@ptavv.es.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:05:51 -0800 (PST) > From: Brian O'Shea > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > Greetings, > > I am in the process of upgrading my FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE system to -STABLE. > > Last night (Feb 21 03:30 UTC) I cvsup'ed RELENG_4, did a buildworld and > buildkernel, and it seemed to go without a hitch. I'm used to running > into a hitch! :-) > > Before I go ahead and installkernel/installworld, are there any known > problems with this upgrade path? Except for the pam.conf issue, I don't > see any pertinent problems in the -stable archives or the UPDATING file > (at least not with any of the software that I use -- I'm not running > sendmail, for example). Am I missing any sneaky little problems? Yes. Be very sure that you run 'mergemaster -p' before you attempt to install the new system. If you don't, installworld might fail in a very ugly way. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message