Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 22:12:13 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Robert <robert@chalmers.com.au> Cc: stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A quesstion about moving up from 2.2 to 4.2 via cvsup. Message-ID: <20010305221213.A25907@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <EJEPLCEELLLLAMPNEJMHKECMCMAA.robert@chalmers.com.au>; from robert@chalmers.com.au on Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 04:02:56PM %2B1000 References: <EJEPLCEELLLLAMPNEJMHKECMCMAA.robert@chalmers.com.au>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 04:02:56PM +1000, Robert wrote: > I know - use the CD. but I'm experimenting. > > In moving from 2.2 to 4.2 stable, do I need to actually need to > make buildworld > make install world > for each version, or simply do the cvsup steps 2.2 -> 3.2 -> 4.2 to make > sure the actual source trees are all there, and then do the make and install > bits. ? > > it's just that make buildworld on the first step ... 2.2 is failing for some > reason known only to the great god Make. You probably want to do something like: 2.2.x->2.2.8->3.2->3-STABLE->4.1->4-STABLE You must build and install a world and kernel at each step. I've got machines that have been upgraded that way (not all at once though ;-) so it's certaintly possiable. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6pH+8XY6L6fI4GtQRAtp4AJwLrfssc1Mp1Rp/mRb8ARwKK1tcUACgoYha Wdgag51Zw9J/ZL1eeB4nAAc= =Gwcl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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