Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:16:18 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Cc: Thomas Mueller <mueller6727@bellsouth.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109251112540.39698@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ5UdcPYBn%2BQiyQ5j-_PABf1AHXi3BXKP%2BgjF3KEQmGZPv7VoA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110925082217.92E54106566B@hub.freebsd.org> <CAJ5UdcPYBn%2BQiyQ5j-_PABf1AHXi3BXKP%2BgjF3KEQmGZPv7VoA@mail.gmail.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-2070558679-1316970964=:39698 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109251116161.39698@wonkity.com> On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: >> More concerns and questions onthe new bsdinstall: >> >> There is no upgrade function. How will a user be able to upgrade to BETA3 (or RC1?) without wiping out BETA2 installation? >> >> For instance, user might have built many software applications from ports and not want to rebuild everything. >> > > I have the same doubt/question. If I update the system via the ports, > do I have BETA3/RC1? or do I have to run > # freebsd-update > > to get the current release? The operating system is separate from ports. Source upgrades or freebsd-update are used to upgrade FreeBSD, while portsnap and portmaster/portupgrade are used to update ports. > Also, like is suggested, if I update by any means, I will probably > have to delete && reinstall everything in the ports. Is there a way > not to do this? Ports built for 9.x normally do not need to be rebuilt to continue to run on 9.x+1. The ABI is "stable" (unchanging). ---902635197-2070558679-1316970964=:39698--
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