From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Dec 7 0: 8: 8 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 00:08:06 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from samar.sasi.com (samar.sasken.com [164.164.56.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FBDF37B400 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 00:07:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from samar (samar.sasi.com [164.164.56.2]) by samar.sasi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA03886 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 13:37:22 +0530 (IST) Received: from suns3.sasi.com ([10.0.36.3]) by samar.sasi.com; Thu, 07 Dec 2000 13:37:21 +0000 (IST) Received: from localhost (gbnaidu@localhost) by suns3.sasi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA28400; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 13:08:43 +0530 (IST) Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 13:08:43 +0530 (IST) From: "G.B.Naidu" To: Cc: Subject: upgrading from ver4.0 to ver4.1 (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I need some help regarding the upgradation. Currently my system is running FreeBSD ver 4.0 installed using CD. Now I would like to upgrade it to ver 4.1. I am planning to synchronoze my local source tree with ver4.1 sources. I am using cvsup for this. Here is my supfile: ---------- start of supfile -------- *default host=cvsup2.FreeBSD.org *default prefix=/usr/src *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress src-all tag=RELENG_4_1_0_RELEASE ----------- End of supfile ----------- I am trying to sync only the /usr/src directory. Can I use a separate directory for sources rather than the standard /usr/src and upgrade my system? I need a clarification whether this will overwrite the existing source files of ver 4.0. I think it overwrites. If it overwrites, and later if I come across any problem in compilation of Version 4.1, what is the best way to get back to version 4.0? I am planning to take a backup of the current 4.0 /usr/src files and then overwrite them using cvsup with version 4.1 files. what I am doing is correct? Doing make world is enough to build the new vresion 4.1? Please cc it to my address as I am not subscribed to this mailing list. thanks a lot --gb Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message