From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 8 18:00:01 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 241E6106564A for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 18:00:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivier@gid0.org) Received: from mail-qw0-f48.google.com (mail-qw0-f48.google.com [209.85.216.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1F718FC12 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 18:00:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwj9 with SMTP id 9so830194qwj.7 for ; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:59:59 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.20.14 with SMTP id d14mr797302qcb.61.1315504799419; Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:59:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.223.196 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:59:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110908004338.GK1762@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <20110908004338.GK1762@albert.catwhisker.org> Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 19:59:59 +0200 Message-ID: From: Olivier Smedts To: David Wolfskill Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: 8-stable -> 9-current upgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:00:01 -0000 2011/9/8 David Wolfskill : > 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 > -- > David H. Wolfskill =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0david@catwhisker.org > Depriving a girl or boy of an opportunity for education is evil. > > See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. > --=20 Olivier Smedts=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=A0 _ =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) e-mail: olivier@gid0.org=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 - against HTML email & vCards=A0 X www: http://www.gid0.org=A0 =A0 - against proprietary attachments / \ =A0 "Il y a seulement 10 sortes de gens dans le monde : =A0 ceux qui comprennent le binaire, =A0 et ceux qui ne le comprennent pas."