From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 20 13: 4:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from netau1.alcanet.com.au (ntp.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01BF537B419 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:04:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from mfg1.cim.alcatel.com.au (mfg1.cim.alcatel.com.au [139.188.23.1]) by netau1.alcanet.com.au (8.9.3 (PHNE_22672)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA02097; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:04:16 +1100 (EDT) Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au by cim.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.2-32 #37640) with ESMTP id <01KC4FM3BBQ8VMI1AU@cim.alcatel.com.au>; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:04:14 +1100 Received: from cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (pj1592 [192.168.123.159]) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fBKL4At64143; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:04:10 +1100 Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by cirb503493.alcatel.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBK7VpT38045; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 18:31:51 +1100 (EST envelope-from jeremyp) Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 18:31:51 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: My naive addendum to Matt's recommended dev/test env In-reply-to: <20011214120624.A1153@hda.hda.com>; from dufault@hda.com on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:06:24PM -0500 To: Peter Dufault Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <20011220183151.A37290@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i References: <20011214120624.A1153@hda.hda.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:06:24PM -0500, Peter Dufault wrote: ... >> # cd /FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable/src >> # make installworld > >(Lot's of noise as the stable kernel installs the stable world. Then reboot) You've missed a critical step here: Before you "reboot" you need to run mergemaster. You might be lucky and not need it for the -RELEASE to -STABLE upgrade, but you can be certain that the one time you don't bother, it'll come back and bite you in some obscure manner. >> # sync The sync isn't necessary (and has never been necessary for FreeBSD). >> # reboot Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message