Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 19:13:31 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Raymond Brighenti <bargi@webfront.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hints and tips for upgrading from 3.2 to latest release Message-ID: <20010531191331.B13040@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010601114404.018af770@mail.webfront.net.au>; from bargi@webfront.net.au on Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 11:46:58AM %2B1000 References: <5.0.2.1.2.20010601114404.018af770@mail.webfront.net.au>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 11:46:58AM +1000, Raymond Brighenti wrote: > Hi, > > We're going to be attempting to upgrade our mail server running Sendmail > and Qpopper to the latest release of FreeBSD > > Apart from back everything up :) does anyone have any hints or tips or > gotcha's in attempting this? Don't bother trying to upgrade by recompiling source, it's much more trouble than it's worth. Just do a binary upgrade and it should all just work. You'll want to install the /usr/src/etc/ sources and use mergemaster(8) to complete your upgrade by updating /etc. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7FvpLWry0BWjoQKURAnNeAKCr7gtz435wmZRPHXB7zBZdXSsIngCfZLD3 xRc3ZQYQcS41ax/jC3Npvm4= =FdJa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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