Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 16:07:22 -0500 From: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Rebuilding the World Question Message-ID: <C2192795-720D-11D8-8002-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com>
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Here's a definite question from a first timer, but there are so many variations out there that I thought I'd bounce this off the list and see what people thought (if I was doing this "correctly") I have a 4.9-RELEASE installation. It was recently pointed out to me that to get all the bug fixes and security fixes, I need to cvsup with "RELENG_4_9", not "RELENG_4_9_0_RELEASE". So...here's the src-supfile I am using: ******* *default host=cvsup7.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=. *default delete use-rel-suffix *default tag=RELENG_4_9 src-all doc-all ***** (does the tag=. matter here?) I run it with cvsup -g -L 2 src-supfile glance over /etc/make.conf cd /usr/src make buildworld make buildkernel make installkernel reboot into single user mode with "boot -s" mergemaster -p make installworld mergemaster reboot into normal multiuser mode One source I found said that they allow mergemaster to pretty much overwrite files unless it is asking about /etc/passwd /etc/hosts /etc/groups /etc/master.passwd This is an update from 4.9 release to the (hopefully) security updated version, and the system is running a generic kernel and is a pretty stock install (some ports are in place, but port updates are done separately, as I understand it) Are there any steps or pieces of advice I'm missing here? Advice/explanations/etc. are all appreciated. Thanks!
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