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Date:      Thu, 5 Oct 2000 18:16:47 +0200 (CEST)
From:      =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8ystein_Skundberg?= <yskundbe@chello.no>
To:        Jon Paterson <jpaterson@itchannel.net>
Cc:        "'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Correct sequence for keeping a 4.1 system stable.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010051809390.235-100000@igloo.chello.no>
In-Reply-To: <A0E035400B00D4118F9E0008C70D4D77A88A@ITC1>

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On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Jon Paterson wrote:

> If these seem like trivial questions please do not flame me, I have never
> attempted to do this before and do not want to damage a working system!
>=20
> As far as I have researched I need to perform the following actions:
>=20
>=20
> 1 get the up to date source (using one of the cvs tools)
>=20
> 2. make buildworld
>=20
> 3. make installworld
>=20
> 4. run mergemaster.
>=20
> 5. rebuild kernel ???????

Yes, you should always build a new kernel with the same sources with which
you built world. Use the make installkernel/buildkernel method.

>=20
> 6. reboot (and pray!)

By all means, but it's usually not necessary :)

>=20
> is this correct or have I missed something out?  I assume that the src fr=
om
> the updates are for the system only, and not any changes to any of the
> ports.  Do I / can I keep the ports up to date also? or is this a bad ide=
a?

Not at all. You need this=20

*default release=3Dcvs tag=3D.

in your ports-supfile.
=20
> do I need to "clean" after the install to clear all the temporary files?

I use to rm -rf /usr/obj/* before a new buildworld.=20

=D8S.

--=20
Thank you. I feel so much better now.

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