Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:21:13 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Steve Franks <stevefranks@ieee.org> Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 6.2: "upgrade", or just "install" and restore rc.conf? Message-ID: <20070129222113.GB47897@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90701291344i3e927ea3l5829c5ba2c7e019a@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b90701291344i3e927ea3l5829c5ba2c7e019a@mail.gmail.com>
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--5I6of5zJg18YgZEa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 02:44:43PM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: > Presuming you have a 1 or 2 user system, and haven't done alot of > mods, is there any reason to "upgrade" to 6.2 as opposed to just > "install" it? Of the maybe 10 files I've modified, I have backed them > up elsewhere, and it's fresh in my mind still. The only issues I can > think of are (1) users/groups (of which I again have a whopping 2), > and I would rather use csup to update the sources and do a build/install cycle. That way you get to run mergemaster, which shows you all the changes in the configuration files, and gives you the choice to apply them or not. > (2) installed packages - this could be a problem, as I have no idea > how we (the os) "know" what's installed, and that info may or may not > be deleted on a new install. If you haven't kept your ports/packages up-to-date, it might be beneficial to make a list of all installed ports, delete all ports and build/pkg_add them all again, so that you get the latest versions.=20 > (3) sysinstall/label doesn't seem happy about putting things on an > existing slice(s) - when I fubared my 6.1 install it complained about > insufficient space until I deleted all slices on the disk. Using csup and build/install kernel/world doesn't have this problem either. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --5I6of5zJg18YgZEa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFvnNZEnfvsMMhpyURAlM+AJ0SvGZGlSZXw5hQI4WOrPmSlLPy4QCgjyOM nklKOzjuK7J0sjaAlrKf410= =PyhI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5I6of5zJg18YgZEa--
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