From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 13 06:05:42 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9002016A4CE for ; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 06:05:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mra04.ex.eclipse.net.uk (mra04.ex.eclipse.net.uk [212.104.129.139]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB98343D39 for ; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 06:05:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glyn@millingtons.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mra04.ex.eclipse.net.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F121133D1D for ; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:05:40 +0100 (BST) Received: from mra04.ex.eclipse.net.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mra04.ex.eclipse.net.uk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19998-02-27 for ; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:05:40 +0100 (BST) Received: from millingtons.org (unknown [82.152.120.109]) by mra04.ex.eclipse.net.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5942133709 for ; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:05:39 +0100 (BST) Received: by millingtons.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B410D6484; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:07:16 +0100 (BST) From: Glyn Millington To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Organization: Central Church, Torquay, U.K. References: <86hdicihey.fsf@nowhere.org> <425C99C9.4000405@ec.rr.com> X-Now-Playing: There's a deathly hush in the close tonight! X-Liturgical-Date: Optional Memorial: Saint Martin I, pope and martyr, A.D. 2005 Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:07:14 +0100 In-Reply-To: <425C99C9.4000405@ec.rr.com> (jason henson's message of "Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:02:17 -0400") Message-ID: <864qebtdkd.fsf@nowhere.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAHlBMVEUNEBDJOic5IiZ/IxW0 NCHntrfbQCfOdWmAUVT46N2BELz9AAACIUlEQVQ4jWXUvY6jMBAAYIs3sNaiRsMVaZehcIvi4l7A QimRcly9BWeuPNCJeYEUvO3N2IZN9pCiBH/MjydOlHFa63I0rgGosdWdHge+/62c6xiGK4IAOpdg ilAOplEMuCK13TjqMYIEyPNwIVoJ23IcTzCNJLKEiA12I9OPA3iJ5EKo2+GAoXxDS1sIk+/nBlrN NX4qDhj0Fbfg/W3fWaB2XYZRo51ked8ffl4RM/DucJviuoTQ8gL+hHnBo4Z+s+GAR8+5Trg+gQ/U voDfc65AyNkjmK9geIeyQYHpBXQE51AgiReQHSbgjYfgubKPYLpxyECBaLs9wjb1M7WmK3WEa01k iW789BbmhUFn4FVOdvO+D9N8cXduKAHXmPrg4zXbDwZ9gu/j4Hm8268TvvN0JYu0/BV8jMhgXDmo NvYbIwQk1Ydpy7SP/+BI5aR4oGmebgJ389xVmBs+btPu1+3uPsGGGeXo/t379Y8xfGxVHBXYTU4h z8z36/sBctBr4lPDL66D7zrBFStVQN3UFGTEBCc0SslvgAcpsvARTSDrAnyg5VuBAzhRvMCuyC0A VN+c4X4VpnVV1FyaE1WqjlNSzQmW2+V1VaDDZwC0awPyMf5GVfxYVLH+AukOsXWqegKAeFdJSAaQ F0hAkdLiJ0iMBKpU5qgMZw+5xxPSwvGeAxkWyVMAXdIgqiJn4BXeNe+c8oSOq7jE/wW6LCq1o/4B MFsqn6kz4sQAAAAASUVORK5CYII= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by Eclipse VIRUSshield at eclipse.net.uk Subject: Re: Best upgrade strategy X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: glyn@millingtons.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 06:05:42 -0000 jason henson writes: > Glyn Millington wrote: > >>Greetings! >> >>I'm a newcomer to FreeBSD, an immigrant from the wonderful world of >>Slackware Linux. Finished installing on Sunday! >> >>I wanted to make sure the system was up to date with regard to security >>fixes etc so used cvsup to upgrade source and re-built the kernel - it >>all went like a dream - what a system!! What documentation!! >> >> > Hold on, just the kernel or the kernel and world. You have to keep > these in sync on FreeBSD. > Just checking because I hear you can just upgrade the linux kernel to > your hearts content without messing with the other stuff on the system. Bless you, no, I did the lot! Buildworld, installworld, the works as described in the handbook. And was staggered by how straightforward it was, to be honest. No, my question was about swapping the target for cvsup at the point when 5.4 becomes a "production release" - can I then simply track 5.4 for security releases etc or will that cause complications with a system that has tracked 5-stable for the few days it has been in existence. It sems form the various replies I've had that there should be no problem. Many thanks Glyn