From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 22 16:44:54 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 409F294 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:44:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.smeelen@ose.nl) Received: from mail.ose.nl (mail.ose.nl [212.178.134.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C77B38FC14 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:44:53 +0000 (UTC) X-Footer: b3NlLm5s Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.ose.nl (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher AES256-SHA (256 bits)) for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:44:50 +0100 Message-ID: <50AE5682.4070602@ose.nl> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:44:50 +0100 From: Bas Smeelen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121119 Thunderbird/16.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update - To 'Stable'? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:44:54 -0000 On 11/22/12 17=3A32=2C Karl Pielorz wrote=3A =3E =3E Hi=2C =3E =3E I have a number of 9=2E0-R boxes=2C some of which I=27ve updated in the= past=20 =3E to 9=2E0-STABLE =28as of the date they were done=29=2E =3E =3E I=27m looking at switching to =27freebsd-update=27 - is there an equiva= lent=20 =3E way to get it to update me to =27-STABLE=27=3F freebsd-update works for RELEASE=2C BETA and RELEASE CANDIDATES=2C the=20= latter two when announced so=2E This means you can use freebsd-update to go from 9=2E0-RELEASE to 9=2E1-RC3= =2E You wil have to be on RELEASE or RC to be able to do so=2E =3E =3E i=2Ee=2E If I run this on a 9=2E0-RELEASE box=2C I end up with 9=2E0-RE= LEASE-p4=20 =3E =28even though uname says =27-p3=27 - it=27s apparently -p4=2E This is because form p3 to p4 the kernel has not been modified and the=20= last p=23 from newvers=2Esh is not shown unless you rebuild your kernel=2E= =3E =3E I=27m guessing that=27s not the same as if I=27d csup=27d to 9=2E0-STAB= LE on=20 =3E that day=2C and rebuilt the world=3F Right=2C it is not the same=2E 9=2E0-STABLE is at 9=2E1-PRERELEASE=2E =3E =3E I=27d also guess freebsd-update will bring up some more queries / info= =20 =3E if it has to merge any config files =28I seem to have been lucky going= =20 =3E from 9=2E0-R to 9=2E0-R-p4 nothings been displayed other than =27comple= ted=27=20 =3E - unless I=27m doing something wrong =3A=29=2E When going to a new RELEASE you will be prompted=2E Within the same=20 release I have not seen yet that configuration files get changed=2E =3E =3E Also=2C does freebsd-update warn you if you need to reboot/rebuild=20= =3E anything =28e=2Eg=2E the kernel / userland or anything=3F=29 Yes it warns you when you have a cutom kernel=2E There is no need to=20 rebuild world or the GENERIC kernel =28unless you want the p=23 to reflect= =20 the actual patchlevel=29=2C because freebsd-update takes care of the=20 binaries and the sources also when installed=2E The whole process is very= =20 well documented in the handbook=2E http=3A//www=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/doc/en=5FUS=2EISO8859-1/books/handbook/updatin= g-upgrading-freebsdupdate=2Ehtml This e-mail message=2C including any attachment=28s=29=2C is intended solel= y for the addressee or addressees=2E Any views or opinions presented herein= are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of O= SE=2E If you are not the intended recipient of this communication please return t= his e-mail message and the attachment=28s=29 to the sender and delete and d= estroy all copies=2E