Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 13:00:35 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Jonathan Fosburgh" <fosburgh@flash.net> Cc: wonko@entropy.tmok.com, drek@zupa.bigstudios.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: softupdates Message-ID: <200006062000.e56K0Zn13721@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Jun 2000 14:44:49 CDT." <029001bfcfef$ad74a760$ca406f8f@mdacc.tmc.edu>
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> From: "Jonathan Fosburgh" <fosburgh@flash.net> > Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 14:44:49 -0500 > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Hechinger" <wonko@users.tmok.com> > To: "Jonathan Fosburgh" <fosburgh@flash.net> > Cc: <drek@zupa.bigstudios.com>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 2:25 PM > Subject: Re: softupdates > > I did a source upgrade from 3.4-STABLE to 4.0-RELEASE using the instructions > in src/UPDATING. If you do a source upgrade MAKE SURE you follow the > instructions to the letter. You might also look in the archives as several > people posted instructions on their websites. These can be used to augment > the instructions in UPDATING if you want clarification. In particular, if > you go to -RELEASE, I believe the instructions were presented in a rather > confusing format (placing subsets of instructions out of order, for > instance.) I just did the update from 3.4-STABLE to 4.0-STABLE yesterday and I agree that you need to follow the instructions for updating closely. But I would strongly suggest against going to RELEASE. The number of fixes in STABLE is huge and the update process is much cleaner. Aside from a mistake on my part, the update went very smoothly. I recommend it. On my 450 MHz K6-II the buildworld took about 2.5 hours, and the cvsup took forever (best with a fast network connection!), but the rest only took about 2 hours. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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