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Subject: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)
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John Cruz writes:

>  So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before and all 
>  the documentation is confusing as can be.

	What particularly of cvsup do you find confusing?
	On the larger question: it /may/ be easier to do a binary
upgrade.  On the other hand, learning about the
cvsup/build{world.kernal} process will teach you new and interesting
things about FreeBSD, and make it easier to recover should something
go Horribly Wrong.


				Robert Huff