From owner-freebsd-newbies  Wed Jul 22 15:01:31 1998
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From: Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com>
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Subject: Re: Upgrading and Use of this list (gentle reminder)
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Have you tried a "source upgrade"?

Basically:

 	cd /usr/src
	cvsup stable-supfile.cvsup
	make buildworld && installworld

Then you might want to upgrade the /etc/ directory and maybe make a new
kernel if you have upgraded a big amount.

I do this once a month in my /etc/monthly script.

	-Chris


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