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Date:      Tue, 3 Jul 2001 15:42:29 +0100
From:      Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net>
To:        Jason Stephenson <jjas@engr.uky.edu>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RELENG_4 -> RELENG_4_3
Message-ID:  <20010703154229.A38625@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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
References:  <bulk.75430.20010703070350@hub.freebsd.org> <01070310272102.15092@marat.ecc.engr.uky.edu>

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* Jason Stephenson <jjas@engr.uky.edu> [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 ::

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