From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 19 17:19:48 2006 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 06D1E16A40F for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:19:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from postal2.es.net (postal2.es.net [198.128.3.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7394F43D7F for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:19:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by postal2.es.net (Postal Node 2) with ESMTP (SSL) id XBM00405; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:19:05 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id A19CE4504D; Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:19:04 -0700 (PDT) To: Patrick Okui In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:03:16 +0300." <200610192003.16551.pokui@psg.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1161278344_12206P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:19:04 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20061019171904.A19CE4504D@ptavv.es.net> Cc: Randy Bush , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5 to 6 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: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:19:48 -0000 --==_Exmh_1161278344_12206P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > From: Patrick Okui > Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:03:16 +0300 > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > On Thursday 19 October 2006 19:39, Randy Bush wrote: > > do folk actually successfully upgrade > > > > # uname -a > > FreeBSD psg.com 5.5-STABLE FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE #15: Sun Oct 1 18:41:24 GMT > > 2006 root@psg.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PSG i386 > > > > to RELENG_6 *safely* on a many-user production system using the > > instructions in UPDATING? > > I have... mergemaster complains quite some.. but other than that yes. I recommend cleaning out /etc for major upgrades on systems that don't have the -U option on mergemaster. It can save a huge amount of time that is totally wasted! I delete rc.d/* isdn/* bluetooth/* defaults/* gnats/* mtree/* periodic/* and security/* as well as most other stuff in /etc that I know I have not modified and won't need for a single-user boot. But be VERY careful about this! -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1161278344_12206P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFFN7OIkn3rs5h7N1ERAnJjAJwIj8E9ap7AY1kzi5s8mkSc2MWFeQCfYwCA cYvLcpI8FsKWZyCAyBNtofE= =5cnu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1161278344_12206P--