Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:36:28 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@highperformance.net> Cc: Jason Slack <slackmoehrle@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20071030223628.GA24086@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <472739FB.3020503@highperformance.net> References: <7dc35e670710291625l43902c92o5b364f84bf769811@mail.gmail.com> <472739FB.3020503@highperformance.net>
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--82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 07:04:43AM -0700, Jason C. Wells wrote: > Jason Slack wrote: >> I want to try version 7 as it has items of interest to me, but I am not= =20 >> one >> to continually wipe and reload my machine, can you upgrade from the test >> releases of 7 available now to the final release when ready? Or do you= =20 >> have >> to wipe? >> =20 > You can easily upgrade from 7.0-BETA to 7.0-RELEASE without erasing your= =20 > drive. Historically, FreeBSD has always been upgradeable even through= =20 > major releases, 4 to 5, 5 to 6. Sometimes that has been more painful tha= n=20 > others. Upgrading within a major release, 6.1 to 6.2, has always been=20 > pretty easy. Remember to remove old files and libraries with `make delete-old' and `make delete-old-libs' as explained in /usr/src/Makefile. It is advisable to remove and install your ports from scratch when upgrading to a new major version, because the automatic port updating tools don't always do this correctly. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHJ7HsEnfvsMMhpyURAmIiAKCji3c9s4Cd5vdyO0Q++27LtOGuxACghjO8 txUVMFfUUTnTsVVT3x86lTg= =jiDK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs--
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