Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 20:15:28 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: Philipp Huber <uebs@gmx.at>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: downgrade? Message-ID: <20001007.20152800@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <20001007041328.S272@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20001007130438.D244@tori.mini.net> <20001007041328.S272@fw.wintelcom.net>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 10/7/00, 12:13:28 PM, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> wrote=20 regarding Re: downgrade?: > * Philipp Huber <uebs@gmx.at> [001007 04:08] wrote: > > hi! > > > > is it possible to downgrade a freebsd-current installation to -stabl= e? > > or is it better to reinstall the whole system? > It's possible by building a 4.x-stable system and tar'ing the > /usr/src and /usr/obj over to your -current then doing several > 'make -k installworld' followed by a 'make installworld' to make > sure it's all been installed then by building a kernel using the > "make buildkernel" method described in src/UPDATING. > -- > -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] > "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." Dear Alfred Perlstein, <caution type=3D"I haven't (as yet) tried this">=20 From the posts I have been reading, I seem to understand that the=20 following may apply (depending on the divergence/relationship between=20 -CURRENT and -STABLE): -- It may be necessary to downgrade the toolchain (e.g. binutils;=20 gcc); -- It may be necessary to downgrade "script"utils (ie perl). </caution> Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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