From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 24 17:47:07 2009 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 2F4EB1065772 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:47:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [83.235.67.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93F958FC14 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:47:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pulstar.local (athedsl-395474.home.otenet.gr [79.131.96.208]) by rosebud.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id nAOHl4dj016842; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:47:04 +0200 Message-ID: <4B0C1C18.7000807@otenet.gr> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:47:04 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John References: <20091124154514.GA91657@potato> In-Reply-To: <20091124154514.GA91657@potato> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: 7.2-STABLE to 8-R 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: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:47:07 -0000 John wrote: > Hello list > > I've looked high and low for a howto/link showing how to update to 8, to > no avail. Is it just a case of the regular buildworld process or are > there gotchas because we are crossing major version numbers. > > You can go the source way or the 'freebsd-update' way. Either way, you will have to rebuild all ports. Detailed instructions are in the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html (see 24.2.3)