From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 27 22:58:30 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A4321065673 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:58:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cliftonr@lava.net) Received: from outgoing03.lava.net (outgoing03.lava.net [IPv6:2001:1888:0:1:202:b3ff:fe1d:6b98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28A098FC13 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:58:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from malasada.lava.net (malasada.lava.net [64.65.64.17]) by outgoing03.lava.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CA4110818; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:58:29 -1000 (HST) Received: by malasada.lava.net (Postfix, from userid 102) id 96700196E1C; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:58:28 -1000 (HST) Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:58:28 -1000 From: Clifton Royston To: Jason Helfman Message-ID: <20101227225828.GB11955@lava.net> Mail-Followup-To: Jason Helfman , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20101227224426.GA11955@lava.net> <20101227224752.GC1505@eggman.experts-exchange.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101227224752.GC1505@eggman.experts-exchange.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accidentally aborted upgrade via freebsd-update - how to recover? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:58:30 -0000 On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 02:47:53PM -0800, Jason Helfman wrote: Thanks for the prompt response! > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 12:44:26PM -1000, Clifton Royston thus spake: ... > > How can I continue from here without downloading and applying 29000+ > >patches all over again, not to mention having to manually resolve the > >updated $FreeBSD lines in a ton of config files? (Or worse, having it > >try to apply patches which have already been applied?) > > > > I just tried typing "sudo freebsd-update install" and > >"sudo freebsd-update install -r 7.1-RELEASE" but that gives me: > > I've never run this command for a specific release. > > > >"No updates are available to install." > > What happens if you run "freebsd-update install" ? Same message. > If you haven't installed anything, there is nothing to rollback. A > feature that is part of freebsd-update. I guess I should have realized that, at least. > > Is there some way to resume where I left off? > > I'm not aware of any method to do this, other than to remove everything > under /var/db/freebsd-update and start from the beginning. OK, and oh well... I wish there were some way to automate the diffing out of the $FreeBSD lines. I suppose those might be the artifact of some previous upgrade, so that the file version present is not the one expected for FreeBSD 6.1. -- Clifton -- Clifton Royston -- cliftonr@iandicomputing.com / cliftonr@lava.net President - I and I Computing * http://www.iandicomputing.com/ Custom programming, network design, systems and network consulting services