Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:28:44 +0000 From: Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_6_1 to RELENG_6_2 upgrade question Message-ID: <20071126112844.GA21308@torus.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <20071126112039.485bb4a8@tania.servebbs.org> References: <20071126112039.485bb4a8@tania.servebbs.org>
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On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 11:20:39AM +0000, Bob Richards wrote:
>
> I am currently running:
> FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p20 #2
>
> After reading the docs, it appears the procedure to upgrade from 6.1 to
> 6.2 is the following:
>
> 1) Change: default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6_1 to tag=RELENG_6_2
> in /usr/local/etc/cvsup/cvsupfile
>
> 2) run cvsup /usr/local/etc/cvsup/cvsupfile to get the new base and
> kernel sources
>
> 3) run portsnap fetch update to update the ports tree
>
> 4) go through the procedure outlined in:
> file:///usr/share/doc/handbook/makeworld.html
>
> This will leave me with FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE at the latest patch
> level for that release yes?
Yes. You might prefer to wait a little while longer, and go straight
to 6.3, which is on its way soon.
>
> I do NOT need to portupgrade -a since this is a minor version upgrade
> right?
Take a look at both /usr/src/UPDATING and /usr/ports/UPDATING before
you start - if there are any special cases, they will be noted here.
Dan
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