From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 17 17:11:28 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6637106566B for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:11:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from svein-listmail@stillbilde.net) Received: from mail.stillbilde.net (unknown [IPv6:2002:51af:3dc3:0:20c:29ff:fece:79f3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52D978FC16 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:11:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2002:51af:3dc3:0:c973:db39:91cc:ef4c] (unknown [IPv6:2002:51af:3dc3:0:c973:db39:91cc:ef4c]) (Authenticated sender: svein-listmail) by mail.stillbilde.net (Familien Skogens mail) with ESMTPSA id 39D6E23; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:11:27 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4BA10D3E.9090302@stillbilde.net> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:11:26 +0100 From: "Svein Skogen (Listmail Account)" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3f1c29e71003170656u1b932fd2v37f5062440653e3b@mail.gmail.com> <0b9982274818d454f23bc89ac74d30f5@asterix.area536.com> <3f1c29e71003170745u55a4fad2rd8c6f39d02fa968f@mail.gmail.com> <4BA0F706.1010209@ceti.pl> <57443e3f6cec390a13ed02c4d1d9afa4@asterix.area536.com> In-Reply-To: <57443e3f6cec390a13ed02c4d1d9afa4@asterix.area536.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Which version of FreeBSD is it? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:11:28 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 17.03.2010 18:03, Bas v.d. Wiel wrote: > > On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:36:38 +0100, Mikolaj Rydzewski wrote: >> Антон Клесс wrote: >>> That is what I suspected for. >>> >>> What is the most safe way to upgrade it, remembering that this is >>> production >>> server and I have to keep it working properly? >>> >>> 6.2-RC1 -> 6.2 RELEASE -> 7.2 RELEASE -> 8.0 RELEASE, or somehow in this >>> style? >>> >> If it works, do not fix it! > > I beg to differ: having a release candidate running in production should > never happen so this situation has been sort of broken from the start. > Luckily FreeBSD is a rock solid OS! > >> >> Actually, I'm facing exactly the same problem now: I want to upgrade >> 6.2-RELEASE to something (8.0?) newer. >> >> Since I don't have spare machine for tests, I'm playing now with >> VirtualBox (hosted on Linux). I'd like to test upgrade using >> cvsup/buildworld. After I will success on virtualbox I'll perform the >> same path on real machine. > > Making an image backup of the machine's disk before you start should give > you a decent rollback scenario in case things go badly. > Wouldn't a RELENG_6 (i.e. 6-Stable) from the "correct" date actually be 6.2-RC1? I'd say that unless the box has stability issues, or there are actual security problems (is this box available from the internet?), the old "if it ain't broken ..." mantra should apply... //Svein - -- - --------+-------------------+------------------------------- /"\ |Svein Skogen | svein@d80.iso100.no \ / |Solberg Østli 9 | PGP Key: 0xE5E76831 X |2020 Skedsmokorset | svein@jernhuset.no / \ |Norway | PGP Key: 0xCE96CE13 | | svein@stillbilde.net ascii | | PGP Key: 0x58CD33B6 ribbon |System Admin | svein-listmail@stillbilde.net Campaign|stillbilde.net | PGP Key: 0x22D494A4 +-------------------+------------------------------- |msn messenger: | Mobile Phone: +47 907 03 575 |svein@jernhuset.no | RIPE handle: SS16503-RIPE - --------+-------------------+------------------------------- If you really are in a hurry, mail me at svein-mobile@stillbilde.net This mailbox goes directly to my cellphone and is checked even when I'm not in front of my computer. - ------------------------------------------------------------ Picture Gallery: https://gallery.stillbilde.net/v/svein/ - ------------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuhDT4ACgkQODUnwSLUlKSHFwCfQRE8aZUhAPf4DhAaPnu4YCtt zZgAn2OuV7AFosp5gvCMZmy2EoAxfkb8 =73uM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----