Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:21:43 -0600 From: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@iaces.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ? Message-ID: <437205F7.5010904@iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <200511091324.jA9DOfxm050439@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200511091324.jA9DOfxm050439@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Oliver Fromme wrote:
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> Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> 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.
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> > 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.
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> 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.
Oh yeah, I did rm -r the object tree, I forgot about that. It
was kind of a reflex thing when it failed.
> 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
>
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