From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 28 19:36:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 458BD16A403 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:36:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BAE713C44B for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:36:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr5so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.8]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JFM00DYLP53YV10@l-daemon> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:36:39 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd2mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JFM00AAKP5198L0@pd2mr5so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:36:39 -0600 (MDT) Received: from hexahedron.daemonology.net ([24.82.18.31]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with SMTP id <0JFM00JI6P4TWM10@l-daemon> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:36:29 -0600 (MDT) Received: (qmail 4030 invoked from network); Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:36:19 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:36:19 +0000 Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:36:19 -0700 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <01aa01c7716e$70011990$0600020a@mickey> To: Don O'Neil Message-id: <460AC3B3.1020605@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 References: <460AAC3C.3070801@quip.cz> <460AB326.3010501@freebsd.org> <01aa01c7716e$70011990$0600020a@mickey> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061227) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update problem (on 6.2) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:36:46 -0000 Don O'Neil wrote: > Can I use freebsd-update to update from 6.1-STABLE-200608 to the latest > version? When I try to run the program it says its not compatible... Is > there a way to force it to update anyway Only by editing the freebsd-update script or by modifying uname(1). > and is there any reason I would > NOT want to force it? In general it's a bad idea, since FreeBSD Update looks at what files you had installed from the old release and whether you've modified any of them in order to decide how to upgrade to the new release. If you confuse freebsd-update enough to convince it to upgrade your non-supported installation, it's likely to overwrite modified configuration files or not update files. > I'm just trying to figure out the best way to get my machine updated, which > was installed from a snapshot ISO, without having to do a buildworld. There isn't any good solution here, yet. I might add support for the snapshot ISOs at some point (at least for upgrading to/from them -- there will not be security updates built for them). Colin Percival