From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 23 14:24:55 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20BA3106566B for ; Fri, 23 May 2008 14:24:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from pd4mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9CBB8FC22 for ; Fri, 23 May 2008 14:24:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr4so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.215]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K1B00IGQS0S44E0@l-daemon>; Fri, 23 May 2008 08:24:28 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0K1B00CY2S0RXG80@pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca>; Fri, 23 May 2008 08:24:28 -0600 (MDT) Received: from soralx ([24.87.3.133]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K1B00AVPS0RWD10@l-daemon>; Fri, 23 May 2008 08:24:27 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 07:24:26 -0700 From: soralx@cydem.org In-reply-to: To: kayve@sfsu.edu Message-id: <20080523072426.7de88f38@soralx> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <1211548239.10665.4.camel@localhost> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/src/Makefile instructions X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 14:24:55 -0000 > On that note, was I given misinformation when I was advised > that it would be impossible to upgrade RELENG_6_2 directly to > RELENG_7 ? Close to implausible, perhaps? That would indeed be the case, unless you truly are longing for a major workout, either with mergemaster et al, or both with mergemaster and the ports. The former case, which assumes you don't have many ports installed, is often a no-brainer: install a fresh system. The latter case may be somewhat more complicated: install a fresh system for the least effort on your side, or go the update route if you need to keep your system up and usable during the process. I should note that I always took the update trail, and never regretted it afterwards (well, if only so slightly). For instance, my workstation lived through 5.2.1-R, 6.2-R, RELENG_6, and finally RELENG_7, all with the aid of cvsup. The process is straightforward, well-designed and easily executed (thanks to the developers), but problems often pop-up with ports (especially such messy ones as Gnome, etc) which take lots of time to correct. So, in summary, a sane person should probably go with clean system update. P.S.: whoever replies next, it's safe to drop hackers@ from CC: anytime now > Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) [SorAlx] ridin' VS1400