From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 25 16:29:23 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F4871065673 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:29:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B29608FC08 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:29:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkbzs8 with SMTP id zs8so6064069bkb.13 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:29:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=uxzqrBW5nF38REF3STAe3cotrtHJdkmQ4z+Lcg6k/YI=; b=v7WDe3/8HrGcMkdDiU67bZ9jcJbweO9igimGyZ+193siA4qgiMGQcj0WeAQnq2B2dI IDCU809f+Q/4HAFXMhFw+EQAX1BNFDwCPCi+6Ysrbvg5O7tOq0s5O8NWDlZqM+fJBnSd RIXJsN44+zl2wGxYtCOZ9E5XXMLamWLue1uHM= Received: by 10.204.129.144 with SMTP id o16mr3739582bks.382.1316968161438; Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:29:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ernst.jennejohn.org (p578E2EB1.dip.t-dialin.net. [87.142.46.177]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d1sm17860076bku.1.2011.09.25.09.29.19 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:29:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:29:18 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Antonio Olivares Message-ID: <20110925182918.0f2193ff@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20110925082217.92E54106566B@hub.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.18.7; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Thomas Mueller , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gljennjohn@googlemail.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:29:23 -0000 On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:30:49 -0500 Antonio Olivares wrote: > > More concerns and questions onthe new bsdinstall: > > > > There is no upgrade function.  How will a user be able to upgrade to BETA3 (or RC1?) without wiping out BETA2 installation? > > > > For instance, user might have built many software applications from ports and not want to rebuild everything. > > > > I have the same doubt/question. If I update the system via the ports, > do I have BETA3/RC1? or do I have to run > # freebsd-update > > to get the current release? > > Also, like is suggested, if I update by any means, I will probably > have to delete && reinstall everything in the ports. Is there a way > not to do this? > I run HEAD (what's now becoming 9.0) all the time and only very rarely do I have to update ports because I updated world and kernel. I've been doing this for many, many years. Generally, only ports which are intimately tied to kernel sources, like virtualbox or the nividia-driver, are affected. One way to run BETA3 would be to grab the stable sources using csup and just compile and install the new world and kernel. If your goal is to test the installation process then this would not be the way to go. -- Gary Jennejohn