From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Apr 18 10:10:29 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61532D443A4 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:10:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay12.qsc.de (mailrelay12.qsc.de [212.99.163.153]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BCAE63DC for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:10:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay12.qsc.de; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 12:10:24 +0200 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-114-44.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.114.44]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C344D3CBF9; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 12:10:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v3IAAN5w005939; Tue, 18 Apr 2017 12:10:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 12:10:23 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Manish Jain Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Is it possible to update from CURRENT to RELEASE ? Message-Id: <20170418121023.650ac308.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay12.qsc.de with 0D3466A496C X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1182 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:10:29 -0000 On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 09:52:01 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > > On 18/04/2017 08:05, Manish Jain wrote: > >> I am running FreeBSD 12-CURRENT (amd64) for experimental purposes. > >> > >> I noticed at the time 11-RELEASE was announced that FreeBSD documented > >> how to use freebsd-upgrade to update from 10.x to 11. > >> > >> I wish to find out whether it would be possible, when 12-RELEASE is > >> available, to move from CURRENT to RELEASE ? > > > > I'm pretty sure this will be possible, but the mechanism will almost > > certainly have changed. By the time 12-CURRENT becomes 12.0-STABLE I > > expect that we will have moved onto packaged base. > > > > You can already build a packaged 12-CURRENT. See > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase for details. > > > > Given that, the essentials of the process to upgrade to 12.0-RELEASE > > would be to add a repo.conf that points at the standard 12.0-RELEASE > > repository, and then type 'pkg upgrade' > > > Incidentally, is this fairly weird-looking hack possible : move from > 12-CURRENT to 11.1-RELEASE ? That is something you'd probably do from source. That kind of downgrade should be possible that way. Check out the sources for FreeBSD 11.1 and follow the instructions in the comment header of /usr/src/Makefile. However, I don't exactly know if "make delete-old" does what it says on the can, maybe it should read "make delete-new"... ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...