Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 10:36:22 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: Marc W <mwlist@lanfear.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading from 4.1 to 4.2 Message-ID: <20010301103622.A71041@itouchnz.itouch> In-Reply-To: <200102282108.NAA45629@akira.lanfear.com>; from mwlist@lanfear.com on Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 01:08:50PM -0800 References: <200102282108.NAA45629@akira.lanfear.com>
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On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 01:08:50PM -0800, Marc W wrote:
>
>
> okay, so i'm going to give this a go. I've got a 4.1 system here,
> but want to upgrade it to 4.2 using the ports and all the automated
> rebuilding systems.
>
> So, I went to /usr/ports/cvsupit, and installed and ran it, and it
> gave me the choice of tracking RELENG_4, which is i think what i want.
>
> now, the question is -- after i've run this -- what do i have? a
> -STABLE or a -CURRENT ??? i'd really rather stay away from the -CURRENT
> releases and stay with a -STABLE....
You'll have 4.X-STABLE.
> after reading the docs it appears that all that is left after that
> is
>
> make -DNOPROFILE=true buildworld
> make -DNOPROFILE=true installworld
> reboot
More like a:
make buildworld
make buildkernel KERNEL=YOURKERNEL
make installkernel KERNEL=YOURKERNEL
make installworld
mergemaster
reboot
It's always worthwhile reading /usr/src/UPDATING after your cvsup as
well.
Good luck!
--
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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