Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:37:47 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Roberto Nunnari <roberto.nunnari@supsi.ch> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade from 6.1-RELEASE to 6.3-RELEASE Message-ID: <48D89CCB.9050001@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <48D88FBA.4090606@supsi.ch> References: <48D88FBA.4090606@supsi.ch>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Roberto Nunnari wrote: | Hello list. | | I'm about to upgrade from 6.1-RELEASE to 6.3-RELEASE | from source and I'd like to ask a couple of questions. | | 1) Do the system interface change? That is, will I have to | recompile all ports after upgrading? No -- the rule is this isn't necessary for updates within the same major branch. In the past, there have been occasional excursions from that ideal but not AFAIR in any of the 5.x, 6.x or 7.x release series. | 2) Any gotcha, hints or things to be aware of? Nothing that I can recall -- this update worked very smoothly just by cvsup'ing to the appropriate tag and going through the usual buildworld cycle. | Of course, as usual I'll take full backups before beginning | the upgrade.. Always wise. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. Flat 3 ~ 7 Priory Courtyard PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate ~ Kent, CT11 9PW, UK -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREDAAYFAkjYnMoACgkQ3jDkPpsZ+Va9IwCdEzv+32pELmxnVq9XTyyJdHeC UN8AnRz0tH3yUDjiaYqZsNJ2BTg6ZmWd =N2gP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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