From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 13 08:56:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C780216A403 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:56:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBE0943D98 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:56:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (tedgnm@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8D8uRv4062186 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:56:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k8D8uR5U062185; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:56:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:56:27 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200609130856.k8D8uR5U062185@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <4506DE38.10803@mikestammer.com> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.0-20051224 ("Ronay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:56:33 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE ->FreeBSD 6.1-Stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:56:51 -0000 Eric wrote: > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Vince wrote: > > > Eric wrote: > > > > S. M. Ibrahim (Lavlu) wrote: > > > > > Now i am using FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE. Now want to upgrade to FreeBSD > > > > > 6.1-Stable. What is the easy process ? > > > > > > > > this works well > > > > > > > > http://mikestammer.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=bsd:updateos > > > the cvsup part looks ok but for the actual build then read > > > /usr/src/Makefile > > > for the recommended procedure. > > > > It's better to read /usr/src/UPDATING. > > my wiki above mentions reading UPDATING (in step 3) before starting... > > UPDATING pretty much says exactly the same thing, except its 80% of the > way into UPDATING. The wiki above also explains things a bit more for > someone who has never done it. I wasn't refering to your wiki (I didn't even look at it). I was refering to Vince's comment that /usr/src/Makefile should be read for the recommended procedure, which is wrong. The recommended procedure (according to the FreeBSD Handbook) is in /usr/src/UPDATING, which is more up-to-date than the comments in the Makefile. All of that is explained in great detail in the FreeBSD Handbook, section 21.4 "Rebuilding ``world''". I think people should look at the Handbook more often; it contains answers to many questions on the mailing lists, including the one that started this thread. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing."         -- Mother Teresa