Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:16:56 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Brian O'Shea <b_oshea@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: STABLE buildworld/buildkernel on 4.5-R apparently worked Message-ID: <20030221191656.605D05D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:05:51 PST." <20030221190551.98235.qmail@web10508.mail.yahoo.com>
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> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:05:51 -0800 (PST) > From: Brian O'Shea <b_oshea@yahoo.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > Greetings, > > I am in the process of upgrading my FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE system to -STABLE. > > Last night (Feb 21 03:30 UTC) I cvsup'ed RELENG_4, did a buildworld and > buildkernel, and it seemed to go without a hitch. I'm used to running > into a hitch! :-) > > Before I go ahead and installkernel/installworld, are there any known > problems with this upgrade path? Except for the pam.conf issue, I don't > see any pertinent problems in the -stable archives or the UPDATING file > (at least not with any of the software that I use -- I'm not running > sendmail, for example). Am I missing any sneaky little problems? Yes. Be very sure that you run 'mergemaster -p' before you attempt to install the new system. If you don't, installworld might fail in a very ugly way. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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