Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:17:32 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Alex Stangl <alex@stangl.us> Cc: SA <shopacct13@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd "toaster" Message-ID: <b79ecaef0906170317oec6a90g5f2671d227f598b9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090617045535.GD78640@scout.stangl.us> References: <984490.6805.qm@web43139.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> <20090617045535.GD78640@scout.stangl.us>
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2009/6/17 Alex Stangl <alex@stangl.us>: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 07:04:47PM -0700, SA wrote: >> This article by Colin Percival http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update= /binup.html discusses using freebsd-update as a "toaster" for updating an e= ntire FreeBSD based distribution, instead of just the base system like free= bsd-update normally does. Does anyone know where there might be more inform= ation on this topic? > > Not long ago I tried using freebsd-update to update from 6.0-RELEASE to 7= .2-RELEASE, > based upon instructions on Percival's blog, > http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-11-freebsd-major-version-upgrade.= html > > It blew away the contents of /boot/kernel. Multiple emails to Percival > went unanswered, and when I later asked about it on this list, the only > response was a suggestion to upgrade via source. (Thanks for the > suggestion, by the way -- I think I'll rather do that to stay up to date > once I get caught up.) > > Based upon my experience and the apparent lack of current support, I > would not recommend using these tools for binary updates, especially in > an automated fashion. If I get some spare time and inclination, I may > try to diagnose what went wrong with the freebsd-update script, but more > likely will end up doing a clean install of 7.2-RELEASE from ISO onto > a new drive, and migrate everything over. > > Alex Just curiosity, what's wrong with source upgrading? Isn't it miles easier than reinstalling? Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?
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