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Date:      Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:54:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Lemle Geza <lemle@spike.fa.gau.hu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Change version
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970410175343.7002B-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970410115220.5429A-100000@spike.fa.gau.hu>

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On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Lemle Geza wrote:

>  I currently run 2.1.7-STABLE. I want to upgrade to 2.2.1-RELEASE.
> Is it possible to upgrade the source tree by using cvsup and than typing
> make world ?

Yes, sort of.

>  If I compile the whole system by typing make world, does it overwrite my
> /etc directory (master.passwd, aliases, etc..) ?

/etc and your kernel aren't touched.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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