Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 07:51:38 -0400 From: Joe <dev@freedomcircle.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pkg_upgrade? Message-ID: <447D834A.90000@freedomcircle.net> In-Reply-To: <20060531004426.GA36958@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <447B86F3.6070500@freedomcircle.net> <20060530002535.GA94917@xor.obsecurity.org> <447CB067.1080309@freedomcircle.net> <20060530213344.GA34025@xor.obsecurity.org> <447CC3C8.9020300@freedomcircle.net> <20060530222808.GA34725@xor.obsecurity.org> <447CDF69.4030704@freedomcircle.net> <20060531004426.GA36958@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 08:12:25PM -0400, Joe wrote:
>> The .ko files have a Nov 3 2005 date, whereas the files in /boot
>> including the kernel directory have a May 6 2006 date. I take it that
>> Nov 3 means 6.0-RELEASE since the announcement was done on Nov 4. So, I
>> guess I'm back to the question of how to do a binary upgrade from 6.0 to
>> 6.1 (and particularly where is this documented). Should I attempt
>> another sysinstall Upgrade?
>
> Show me
>
> sysctl kern.version
kern.version: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005
root@x64.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Note, btw that the manpages (at least the one for sysctl) show
6.1-RELEASE at the bottom, confirming that parts of the base were indeed
updated.
> and the output of a failed package fetch.
I'll try to send that a little later but seeing the above, shouldn't I
just retry the binary upgrade and if so, what precautions should I take?
I'm thinking of skipping the install of X.org so that no package
conflicts turn up.
Joe
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