From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 1 12:58:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-stable Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA01593 for stable-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 12:58:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.mt.sri.com ([206.127.76.100]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA01584 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 12:58:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.mt.sri.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA11078; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 13:58:11 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 13:58:11 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199607011958.NAA11078@rocky.mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams To: Branson Matheson Cc: Nate Williams , Christoph Haas , stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Update 2.1-STABLE -> 2.1.5-RELEASE In-Reply-To: <199607011955.PAA17628@garion.hq.ferg.com> References: <199607011845.MAA10540@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199607011955.PAA17628@garion.hq.ferg.com> Sender: owner-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> Ok, now that 2.1.5-BETA is out, there is still one > question left: Will >> there be an easy way to updgrade from > 2.1-STABLE to 2.1.5-RELEASE ? > > > > Umm, 2.1-STABLE *isn't* a release and is (was) an ong oing version. > > Since 2.1-STABLE existed for a *long* time and not a 'checkpoint' > > release it would be very difficult to provide a singl e 'upgrade' > > target given your constraints below. > > Ummm.. i disagree.. many of us .. who don't have the time, energy, or > bandwidth or desire to run the -stable tree have stood by with the > 2.1-RELEASE just as it came from the CD. And I for one would like to > see an upgrade path as opposed to a re-installation. As I understand it, there *IS* an upgrade path from 2.1R. Jordan would know more. However, the original poster asked for a CTM upgrade from 2.1-STABLE -> 2.1.5, and there isn't any '2.1-STABLE' release to upgrade from. Also, creating a 'CTM' diff between 2.1R and 2.1.5 would be *HUGE*, probably bigger than downloading the entire release, so if you want the new sources you're more than welcome to download the entire new release and do a 'make world' and then hand-upgrade the /etc files by hand. This is essentially what the 2.1R -> 2.1.5 'upgrade' would do anyway. Nate