Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 23:38:22 -0400 From: Janos Dohanics <web@3dresearch.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Updating from 11.3-stable to 12.1-stable? Message-ID: <20200501233822.9eace5db0de7ac9043a8201d@3dresearch.com> In-Reply-To: <20200429212754.GA1510@rancor.immure.com> References: <20200427200111.GA39823@rancor.immure.com> <20200428130853.GB39823@rancor.immure.com> <20200429212754.GA1510@rancor.immure.com>
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On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:27:54 -0500 Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> wrote: > Well, here are the steps that I took to upgrade my 11.3-STABLE system > to 12.1-STABLE. May not be the best/most efficient but they worked > for me and I thought someone else may benefit from them. > > 1) Make a backup of the current system > 2) Delete everything in /usr/src, making certin to remove the files > and directories that start with a dot ("."). > 3) Delete everything in /usr/obj. > 4) Download (via svn) the new FreeBSD release /usr/src to be updated > to. > 5) Build the new world from the source. > 6) Build the new kernel from the source. > 7) Run "mergemaster -Fp" to update files that may be needing update > prior to doing the installworld. > 8) Run "make installworld" in /usr/src. > 9) Run "make installkernel" in /usr/src. > 10) [...] Steps 8) and 9) appear to be in the wrong order: According to https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/makeworld.html the correct order is: # make buildworld # make buildkernel # make installkernel # shutdown -r now # make installworld -- Janos Dohanics
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