From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Sep 27 5:47: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 379B737B40A for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 05:47:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mile.nevermind.kiev.ua (office.netstyle.com.ua [213.186.199.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CA9B43E7B for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 05:47:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from never@mile.nevermind.kiev.ua) Received: from mile.nevermind.kiev.ua (never@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mile.nevermind.kiev.ua (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8RCks4i017339; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:46:55 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from never@mile.nevermind.kiev.ua) Received: (from never@localhost) by mile.nevermind.kiev.ua (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8RCkmHw017338; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:46:48 +0300 (EEST) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:46:48 +0300 From: Alexandr Kovalenko To: Erick Mechler Cc: Tammer Saleh , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: migration to 4.6.2-RELEASE Message-ID: <20020927124648.GA17246@nevermind.kiev.ua> References: <20020924192009.GA19938@pheonix.tammer.net> <20020924193129.GX8892@techometer.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020924193129.GX8892@techometer.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i 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 Hello, Erick Mechler! On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 12:31:29PM -0700, you wrote: > :: 2) What is the correct method? > > Edit your supfile and change the tag to 'RELENG_4_6_2_RELEASE'. Re-sup Wrong. It will be vulnerable, buggy version. Tag should be RELENG_4_6, to get latest security and critical bugfixes. > your source, and then follow the instructions in the handbook for upgrading > your system from source: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html True. > :: 3) Is this a particularly painful procedure? > > Not at all, as long as you follow the instructions, do mergemaster (many > people forget to do this), and read UPDATING before you begin. True. > :: PS: I have already tried to find what I need in both the handbook and > :: the faq, but to no real end. I've only found instructions for keeping > :: up-to-date with a single release track (such as RELEASE, STABLE, or > :: CURRENT), and nothing for changing tracks. > > The available cvs tags are located in Appendix A.7. These are kept pretty > well up-to-date. True. -- NEVE-RIPE Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group http://uafug.org.ua/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message