From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 9 13:24:44 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 382B216A41F for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:24:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CF5743D46 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:24:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (xstoju@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jA9DOfB7050440 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 14:24:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id jA9DOfxm050439; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 14:24:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 14:24:41 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200511091324.jA9DOfxm050439@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.5.4-20000523 ("1959") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-RELEASE (i386)) Cc: Subject: Re: upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 13:24:44 -0000 Pete French wrote: > usually when I upgrade across major versions of BSD I wipe the whole > machine and re--install from scratch. But I understand that the move > to 6.0 from 5.4 is nowhere near such a big leap. > > So I was wondering hether I could just do this from source without any > ill effects, as if I was upgrading 5.4->5.5. That's exactly what I did. I installed a new machine from a 5.4-Release DVD-ROM, then updated to RELENG_5, and then went to RELENG_6 from there. The only special thing I had to do was to manually rm -rf /usr/obj, otherwise the build- world broke. Of course you should do take the usual precautions, i.e. have a reliable backup, read UPDATING, don't forget to run mergemaster etc. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "I have stopped reading Stephen King novels. Now I just read C code instead." -- Richard A. O'Keefe