Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 18:56:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> To: Eliezer Rodriguez Gonzalez <elie@uncle.cult.cu> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908271854470.6693-100000@peloton.runet.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908271627540.444-100000@uncle.cult.cu>
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Hi, On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Eliezer Rodriguez Gonzalez wrote: > You mean, you have performed upgrade on production systems without > dying of heart attack. I've just come from my first upgrade on my own > system, and after dealing with ldconfig -aout all my old binaries are > working, even X. I recommend using mergemaster, in the ports, to help merge the old /etc tree and the new one - it will fix all of the ldconfig problems if you can do that. > I see in the list there are people againts this procedure, I really > don't know what to decide, anyway I'll be able to reproduce my > original systems in case something goes wrong, cause I run the amanda > backup system so I've them on tape. Well, Jordan says not to and frankly he's probably right - I mean he wrote the upgrade procedure as I recall so ... Anyway, it worked for me, but may not work for you - you do have backups so that's good. Brett ***************************************************** Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * Dept of Chem and Physics * Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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