Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 07:41:24 -0500 From: Gerard <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSup update or upgrade Message-ID: <20080201074124.53afe5e3@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20080131195749.0b6f551d@makeworld.com> References: <1201823233.15358.40.camel@Caffiend.org> <20080131195749.0b6f551d@makeworld.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:57:49 -0600 Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote: > Assuming you went from 6.3-RELEASE to 6.3-STABLE and also assuming you > do not have customization in /etc - here's what I do... > > After a cvsup of the src tree (ensuring I want the STABLE branch > (*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6) > > # cd /usr/src > # make buildworld > # make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC (Assuming you use GENERIC) > # make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC (Assuming you use GENERIC) > # shutdown -r now (no need for Single-User Mode if YOU are the only > user) You can just type: "shutdown now" to go into single user mode. It avoids the reboot sequence. > # cd /usr/src > # make installworld I prefer to use the following after "make installworld" mergemaster -i -v -U Read the man pages for mergemaster for further details. > # shutdown -r now After rebooting, you might want to cd to the /usr/src directory and run: "make delete-old-libs" to clear out any garbage. It is not actually required however. -- Gerard gerard@seibercom.net In the long run we are all dead. John Maynard Keynes [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkejE3UACgkQ6DWTaTcTwMn0zwCeKJyH+mFqz+QdGHwh8NwRaM2t YuAAn3CcSg5Ja0EOL3SgBPtSVoN2Vtqs =M6qd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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