From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 1 11:55:39 2005 Return-Path: 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 3142516A4CE for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 11:55:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com (ms-smtp-01-smtplb.rdc-nyc.rr.com [24.29.109.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8028F43D1F for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 11:55:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottro@scottro.net) Received: from mail.scottro.net (cpe-68-175-68-211.nyc.res.rr.com [68.175.68.211])j31BtZT3005587 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:55:35 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail.scottro.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 64BDF60F0; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:55:35 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:55:35 -0500 From: Scott Robbins To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050401115535.GB5190@mail.scottro.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="CdrF4e02JqNVZeln" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: updating from 5.2.1 to RELENG_5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:55:39 -0000 --CdrF4e02JqNVZeln Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 11:20:09AM +0100, Phil Brennan wrote: > As per subject, I need to do this urgently, but with minimum downtime. > Will it be ok just to cvsup, rebuild kernel and world, mergemaster, > (etc) like any normal update? Or do I have to do a reinstall? Any help > appreciated. There were some problems with this particular upgrade (though I've forgotten if it all took place after 5.3BETA7 or even before that.=20 Also, many of the issues were in ports rather than base system, having to do with some updates to gcc and libpthreads. =20 I have a page where I mentioned this towards the bottom at=20 http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/cvsup.html (the page is dated, but it does cover that particular upgrade, which is one reason I leave it up.) You also might want to take a look around Freebsdforums.org, there were a few threads on it. --=20 Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Xander: Just because you're better than us doesn't mean you can be all superior. --CdrF4e02JqNVZeln Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCTTa3+lTVdes0Z9YRApwnAKC3GZcJF4U7978YJQaHt71PMZvsUQCdHZi4 ftk/p/8YsgquGauKXEbiBvE= =td9C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CdrF4e02JqNVZeln--