Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 18:31:51 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My naive addendum to Matt's recommended dev/test env Message-ID: <20011220183151.A37290@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20011214120624.A1153@hda.hda.com>; from dufault@hda.com on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:06:24PM -0500 References: <20011214120624.A1153@hda.hda.com>
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 12:06:24PM -0500, Peter Dufault wrote: ... >> # cd /FreeBSD/FreeBSD-stable/src >> # make installworld > >(Lot's of noise as the stable kernel installs the stable world. Then reboot) You've missed a critical step here: Before you "reboot" you need to run mergemaster. You might be lucky and not need it for the -RELEASE to -STABLE upgrade, but you can be certain that the one time you don't bother, it'll come back and bite you in some obscure manner. >> # sync The sync isn't necessary (and has never been necessary for FreeBSD). >> # reboot Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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