Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 19:59:59 +0200 From: Olivier Smedts <olivier@gid0.org> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 8-stable -> 9-current upgrade Message-ID: <CABzXLYOUGMDWC63ziCOdCCrNdhYGmFHy3J3Qoyp5Op7j50_CmA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110908004338.GK1762@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <CAN6yY1txHHy0p2X0NJJK8DMgZXY6dzcckR1QXeSEpyemiA=P=g@mail.gmail.com> <20110908004338.GK1762@albert.catwhisker.org>
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2011/9/8 David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>:
> On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 05:12:45PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>> ...
>> I am particularly concerned with things like header files
>> (/usr/include) that might bite me if not deleted.
>
> This isn't specific to that upgrade, but when I do a "make installworld",
> I augment the instructions from UPDATING, prefixing the "make
> installworld" itself with:
>
> rm -fr /usr/include.old && mv /usr/include{,.old} && \
> rm -fr /usr/share/man
>
> Thus, I have reasonable confidence that the newly-installed world has no
> significant "pollution" from the old world, at least in /usr/include and
> /usr/share/man. =A0(Libraries are a different matter -- and addressed
> differently.)
# cd /usr/src
# make delete-old
would be less hack-ish
> Note, too, that a "standard" source upgrade has no provision for
> updating /etc/localtime, in case that may be an issue.
>
> Peace,
> david
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