From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 25 18:14:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA11909 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 18:14:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA11895 for ; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 18:14:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA02571; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 12:43:06 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602260213.MAA02571@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: suplist To: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 12:43:05 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, kline@ns3.noc.netcom.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9602260158.AA28260@tera.com> from "Gary Kline" at Feb 25, 96 05:58:33 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Gary Kline stands accused of saying: > > > > > > Can anyone tell me where the suplist, ``coll.list'' is > > > on freefall? I'd like to begin upgrading my v2.0.5 to > > > 2.1.0 or perhaps to -stable. The documentation in the > > > Handbook is pretty spare.... > > > > Get 2.1 and do an 'upgrade' install, then sup -stable using > > /usr/share/examples/stable-supfile. > > > > I'd be inclined to edit it to point to an alternative supserver before > > supping for the first time. > > > > A weekend ago I retrieved the newest ports tar file; > installed sup and tested it. > > I don't find any *supfile within /usr/share/examples. > This was one head-scratch. I find these two -supfiles > in the FAQ subdirectory of my v2.0.5: > > /usr/share/FAQ/extras/ports-supfile > /usr/share/FAQ/extras/standard-supfile > > Where would I find the ``stable-supfile''; also, > can you explain what you mean by an alternative > supserver? Get 2.1 and do an 'upgrade' install, then sup -stable using /usr/share/examples/stable-supfile. > I'd like to begin upgrading to the 2.1 libraries and > utilities, if possible. Then the kernel; X would be > last. If you can suggest a better order, please do! See above. > gary -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[