Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 15:35:43 +0200 From: Benjamin Sobotta <mayday@gmx.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to update my system Message-ID: <200506011535.43983.mayday@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <43866.62.2.21.164.1117631913.squirrel@www.gwch.net>
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On Wednesday 01 June 2005 15:18, Roger Grosswiler wrote: > i am very, very new on freebsd. I would like to now, with which > possibilities i could update my freebsd 5.4 to the latest available > updates? > Thank you > Roger Hi! I think the preferable way to get the latest updates would be cvsup. There are sections in the handbook describing in detail on how to do it. Like http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html and http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html The following link helps you to make your supfile, depending on what version in FreeBSD you're running / want to upgrade to. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html To get cvsup running in the first place check out http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html As this might be confusing I suggest to proceed as follows: 1. Install cvsup 2. Create an appropriate supfile 3. run cvsup to all updates. 4. rebuild the stuff you upgraded the sources Benhome | help
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