From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 17 10:17:53 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 F1459106564A for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:17:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f212.google.com (mail-ew0-f212.google.com [209.85.219.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 826128FC08 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:17:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so271601ewy.43 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:17:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ZA47ZZfowAoiIwHVNsFeMhkuR8LmKz14THPPr36B0QY=; b=aPhGVXqbQIpvPlgfPmRVyPSyfqwDpXNNp9mkmctnWw7ZKaG+UZT29JG//T4eborsE7 OgiOzzNlgXxwwmJ0r/GlfNSl7fBl66rW6KWmcAOSLuydqzeKCmt0T5EWoF3X7HuU8Toj 41dlXw2U2FJuPmyMi1zHoGOdGJayb/HUZNuyI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Rc4dwauM3pPbEKunCUM9n+jv9BQ1hDwC4YKVCCGsazt0pJDwf4noiOWvq9Ub8osR3A cWp1ujQh790/e7eti+EpXTP4OCDaSi3jiewlAtaxGLwA0AVv4DvdfzEtatKV299ek2b2 +gCNImYWQd+knUywTrIiF4rnVDhUwp74KiZdg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.50.144 with SMTP id z16mr3182136web.65.1245233872108; Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:17:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090617045535.GD78640@scout.stangl.us> References: <984490.6805.qm@web43139.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> <20090617045535.GD78640@scout.stangl.us> From: Chris Rees Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:17:32 +0100 Message-ID: To: Alex Stangl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: SA , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd "toaster" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:17:54 -0000 2009/6/17 Alex Stangl : > 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?