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Date:      Mon, 04 Feb 2002 21:43:32 -0500
From:      "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net>
To:        "daverk@epix.net" <daverk@epix.net>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@owt.com>
Subject:   Re: upgrading 4.4 to 4.5?
Message-ID:  <20020205024125.F1C824844F@wastegate.net>
In-Reply-To: <200202041127.g14BRSvv016309@bean.epix.net>

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On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 06:26:47 -0500, Dave Kaufman wrote:

>On Monday 04 February 2002 05:56 am, you wrote:
>> Bsd Neophyte wrote:
>> > Is it possible to do an upgrade w/o doing a reinstall?
>> >
>> > Would I simply update my ports and then do a "make install"... or is
>> > there another way?
>> >
>> > OR... if someone can point me to a URL that gives the step-by-step
>> > instructions... that would also help.
>>
>> The ports and the OS version aren't coupled. That is why you cvsup
>> "tag=." for the ports. The instructions for upgrading FreeBSD from 4.4
>>
>>  > 4.5 are already on your system. You will find them around line
>>
>> 349+/- in /usr/src/UPDATING.
>>
>> Kent
>
>i don't find UPDATING in /usr/src/ all i find are crypto, kerberos5, 
>kerberosIV, secure and sys. did i not install something?

try seaching the website for updating the world, or for make world
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doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net

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