Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 09:51:13 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Blake Swensen <blake@pyramus.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade again... Message-ID: <20020628215113.GA49867@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <3D1C7D09.5010009@pyramus.com> References: <3D1B9E0F.8090805@pyramus.com> <20020628053852.GA24354@grimoire.chen.org.nz> <3D1C7D09.5010009@pyramus.com>
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On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 08:13:13AM -0700, Blake Swensen wrote:
> Do you mean that you use sysinstall to upgrade the binaries then use
> those binaries to make? Would you mind explaining in more detail
What I usually do when upgrading across major versions is to:
1. backup the old /etc (and other critical data)
2. make a note of the /etc/fstab entries.
3. install a minimal version of the newer version from CD or FTP
(yes, using sysinstall), making sure not to trash my existing
filesystems.
4. cvsup the latest -stable sources for that version
5. buildworld, kernel, installworld, mergemaster
6. attempt to merge the old /etc with the newer /etc.
7. rebuild existing ports.
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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