Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:55:35 -0500 From: Scott Robbins <scottro@nyc.rr.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updating from 5.2.1 to RELENG_5 Message-ID: <20050401115535.GB5190@mail.scottro.net> In-Reply-To: <ff0f76e00504010220999514b@mail.gmail.com> References: <ff0f76e00504010220999514b@mail.gmail.com>
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--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--
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