Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 00:53:38 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: Robert <robert@chalmers.com.au>, stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A quesstion about moving up from 2.2 to 4.2 via cvsup. Message-ID: <20010306005338.E1367@cjc-desktop.users.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <20010305221213.A25907@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>; from brooks@one-eyed-alien.net on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 10:12:13PM -0800 References: <EJEPLCEELLLLAMPNEJMHKECMCMAA.robert@chalmers.com.au> <20010305221213.A25907@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 10:12:13PM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 04:02:56PM +1000, Robert wrote: > > I know - use the CD. but I'm experimenting. > > > > In moving from 2.2 to 4.2 stable, do I need to actually need to > > make buildworld > > make install world > > for each version, or simply do the cvsup steps 2.2 -> 3.2 -> 4.2 to make > > sure the actual source trees are all there, and then do the make and install > > bits. ? > > > > it's just that make buildworld on the first step ... 2.2 is failing for some > > reason known only to the great god Make. > > You probably want to do something like: > > 2.2.x->2.2.8->3.2->3-STABLE->4.1->4-STABLE > > You must build and install a world and kernel at each step. I've got > machines that have been upgraded that way (not all at once though ;-) > so it's certaintly possiable. Do yourself a favor. 1) Backup machine. Make an /etc.old. 2) Make 4.x-RELEASE floppies. 3) Do a binary upgrade. 4) Merge /etc.old with new /etc. 5) Go 4.x-RELEASE to 4.x-STABLE. Frankly, I think building a whole 3.X system to clobber it the minute you are done is really a waste of time. The move from 2.2.x to 3.x, the move from a.out to ELF world, was deep hurting if you made a wrong step. I'd not bother. ...Unless you want to do it for just the sake of doing it. In that case, have fun. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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