From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 30 23:15:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9394216A41B for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:15:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C04913C4A6 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:15:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9UMaT9I065565; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:36:29 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EC9F5B82D; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:36:28 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:36:28 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: "Jason C. Wells" Message-ID: <20071030223628.GA24086@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: "Jason C. Wells" , Jason Slack , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <7dc35e670710291625l43902c92o5b364f84bf769811@mail.gmail.com> <472739FB.3020503@highperformance.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <472739FB.3020503@highperformance.net> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Jason Slack , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:15:14 -0000 --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--