From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jun 27 9:39:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.nwlink.com (smtp.nwlink.com [209.20.130.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65D5C37C00E for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 09:39:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcwells@nwlink.com) Received: from utah (jcwells@utah.nwlink.com [209.20.130.41]) by smtp.nwlink.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA17645; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 09:39:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 09:50:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Wells X-Sender: jcwells@utah To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: Francisco Reyes , FreeBSd Chat list Subject: Re: Why can't upgrades be simpler? In-Reply-To: <20000626233850.D302@dialin-client.earthlink.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Crist J. Clark wrote: > If you want to do it the simplest way, do a binary upgrade (the > smallest binary distribution only) then do the make-world. ABSOLUTELY! This is really the easiest way. I ended up doing this during the 3.0 upgrade. When I was done I was convinced that this was the way to move up a major release for those who don't like pain. Being stubborn and curious like I am, I ignored my previously gained wisdom during the 4.0 upgrade. Some people never learn! :) Later, Jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message