From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jul 3 7:42:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8702637B401 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 07:42:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rasputin@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #7) id 15HRNl-000PFr-00; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 15:42:29 +0100 Received: (from rasputin@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f63EgTF38667; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 15:42:29 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rasputin) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 15:42:29 +0100 From: Rasputin To: Jason Stephenson Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_4 -> RELENG_4_3 Message-ID: <20010703154229.A38625@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Reply-To: Rasputin References: <01070310272102.15092@marat.ecc.engr.uky.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <01070310272102.15092@marat.ecc.engr.uky.edu>; from jjas@engr.uky.edu on Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 10:27:21AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Jason Stephenson [010703 15:20]: > Over the weekend, I went from RELENG_4 to RELENG_4_3, but I did by wiping my > system partitions (/, /usr, /var) and reinstalling 4.3 from CD-ROM. Then, I > cvsup'd to RELENG_4_3 and the latest ports. I finally reinstalled everything > that I need from ports. > > I thought of doing it with a cvsup and decided that the easiest thing for me > would just be the course I followed above. That sounds a bit drastic to me. If you're going ot tw*t the install anyway, why not try a cvsup?> I havent had any trouble going back and forth from 4.0 <-> 4.3, so although I can't guarantee it'll work, chances are it will. > >From what I've seen in the past with using cvsup and cvs in similar > situations, backing out broken changes from checked out sources, you should > be able to do what you want with no problems. > Make sure that you remember to run mergemaster after doing the make > installworld. This will guarantee that you get the right devices and > configuration files. > You'll probably want to install the "new" versions of > any files it asks you about and go back and edit them by hand, or replace > them from back ups, with your local changes. Or use the merge option - that's what it's for :) -- VMS is like a nightmare about RSX-11M. Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message