Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 13:38:51 -0500 (CDT) From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: Mark Jayson Alvarez <jay2xra@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I back-up my sources? Message-ID: <XFMail.20040705133851.conrads@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20040705144539.6924.qmail@web51607.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 05-Jul-2004 Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > Hi, > I only have a 4.9 cd and to upgrade to 4.10 or later > versions, first, I install the sources from my 4.9 cd > and then I use cvsup. Same as with FreeBSD Handbook > and Ports. > > Question: > > In upgrading to a higher version of FreeBSD(e.g; 4.9 > to 4.10) using cvsup, and I burned the contents of my > upgraded /usr/src to a cd, if my system crashes, will > makeworld work if I copy the contents of the cd into a > fresh /usr/src directory? > > Same as with FreeBSD Documentation(/usr/doc/en...) > and /usr/ports. Sure, why wouldn't it? > Or does it always have to be done as is? If by "as is" you mean with a source tree that matches your currently installed version, then the answer is no. Think about it. How would you ever be able to upgrade a system via sources if this were the case? > ...because one time, my freebsd crashed and I really > had a hard time fixing it and I end up re-installing > the whole system and running a very long cvsup process > again. We all have our share of "war stories", I'm sure. You make mistakes, you stumble around a bit, you learn. Right? -- Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"
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