Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:52:02 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.5 to 6.1 upgrade Message-ID: <A6F2A731-E024-4476-9BFD-5EAA062A38D4@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1060822020407.18399H-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1060822020407.18399H-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
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Am 21.08.2006 um 18:19 schrieb Ian Smith: > Hello -stable ones, > > I recently (without drama) upgraded a 5.4-RELEASE system to > FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE #1: Tue Aug 1 11:11:20 EST 2006 > for 'target practice' at least, on the way to 6.1-STABLE > > I was preparing to portupgrade everything next, when I wondered: > > a) should I upgrade from RELENG_5 straight to RELENG_6 or should I be > stopping off at 6.1-RELEASE along the way first? and I'd go straight to 6-stable. Make sure you have a good backup, even if you stop over at 6.1. > b) do I need to upgrade all existing ports (way out of date) before > the > source upgrade, or can I be confident of doing that from 6.1 (-R or > -S)? > > FWIW: a wee Celeron 300, so minimising upgrade build times is > desirable. Unless you have business critical apps running (downtime must be minimal), you can wait until you've completed the upgrade to 6- stable, and then run portupgrade -af. If you'd like to run the portupgrade overnight, you might want to define BATCH, and possibly set any port building options in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf, otherwise, the port builds will be frequently interrupted by make config questions. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 170 346 0140
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