From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 1 14:13:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5D9F16A41C for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:13:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from security@t-hosting.hu) Received: from viefep14-int.chello.at (viefep14-int.chello.at [213.46.255.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8F1C43D4C for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:12:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from security@t-hosting.hu) Received: from [80.98.207.149] by viefep14-int.chello.at (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with ESMTP id <20050601141257.MXNN7053.viefep14-int.chello.at@[80.98.207.149]>; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 16:12:57 +0200 Message-ID: <429DC265.2000603@t-hosting.hu> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 16:12:53 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Benjamin Sobotta References: <43866.62.2.21.164.1117631913.squirrel@www.gwch.net> <429DB9B2.70405@t-hosting.hu> <200506011545.56426.mayday@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <200506011545.56426.mayday@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to update my system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 14:13:01 -0000 Hi, I haven't forgot about mergemaster. It is for maintaining your configuration files against nem features, new options, new behaviours, etc. But, if You have a working configuration, You don't need to run it. There isn't so many differences between RELENG_5_4 and RELENG_5. As for the kernel, it should compile without building the userland. You can also upgrade only the kernel, it is not recommended, however. Anyway, Your steps are right, but don't forget about remounting root into rw mode. In single user mode it is mounted read-only by deafult. There is a debate about the necessary of rebooting to single user mode, but if this is your desktop machine, or if You can get physical access easily, You had better make installworld in single user mode. I have already killed a system when I tried to make installworld in multiuser mode. Cheers, Gábor >Hello again! > >The description seems a little incomplete to me. > >1) make buildworld (sometimes to kernel doesn't compile if don't do buildworld >first - at least that's my experience) >2) make buildkernel >3) make installkernel >4) reboot - single user mode >5) mergemaster -p <-- you forgot >6) make installworld >7) mergemaster <-- you forgot >8) reboot > >As is "19.4.1 The Canonical Way to Update Your System" > >Ben > >