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Date:      Mon, 20 Aug 2001 23:18:06 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Rino Mardo <rmardo@yahoo.com>
Cc:        "E. J. Cerejo" <ejcerejo@yahoo.com>, Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Upgrating to stable?
Message-ID:  <20010820231806.A9824@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <001401c129ff$a3c858e0$31a145ca@rino>; from rmardo@yahoo.com on Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:52:16AM %2B0800
References:  <998334704.3b8160f0e3bbf@webmail.neomedia.it> <001401c129ff$a3c858e0$31a145ca@rino>

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On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:52:16AM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote:
> > On 08/20/01, 8:50:43 PM, "E. J. Cerejo" <ejcerejo@yahoo.com> seems to h=
ave
> > written:
> >
> > > I'm thinking of upgrading from 4.3 release to 4-stable
> > > and from reading the chapter on cvsup it tells me to
> > > read the /usr/src/UPDATING file, I don't have this
> > > file in my /usr/src, all I have is two directories
> > > inside my /usr/src, they are bin and sys and that is
> > > all I have.  Can someone tell me how to get this
> > > UPDATING file?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 1) Cvsup your sources;
> > 2) Read UPDATING.
> >
> > N.B. You don't appear to have any FreeBSD sources. You might want to
> install
> > them from your installation CDs and then cvsup twice -- in the spirit of
> Q12,
> > Q13 in the FAQ found on http://www.polstra.com.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Salvo
>=20
> cvsup twice?  why?  all he needs are the sources, sup file, and cvsup he
> goes!

If you install the sources from CD you don't have the cvsup metadata
to tell cvsup how to upgrade them.  Hence the instructions in the
cvsup FAQ to first "adopt" the release sources to construct the
metadata, and then update them to your target release.  If you don't
do this you can end up with stale files in your source tree that
aren't removed.  In rare instances these might cause build problems.

Kris

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