Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:12:14 -0400 From: Jan Knepper <jan@smartsoft.cc> To: Loren Koss <loren@pciway.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading from 4.0-RELEASE -> 4.1-STABLE.. Message-ID: <39C9282E.E391E0CE@smartsoft.cc> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009201407420.92119-100000@unix.pciway.com>
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Huh? I didn't have to merge rc.conf, it didn't replace it! I don't use sendmail.cf as I use and prefer qmail will the almost 30 domains this machine hosts. What I had to do though was take care of sendmail and remake the link to qmail's sendmail. That was all as far as I remember... Haven't noticed any problems since the upgrade... Don't worry, be Kneppie! Jan Loren Koss wrote: > Thanks.. Like I said, I had done all those steps already (cvsup'd the > latest, built world, built and installed kernel), now I am on the step of > merging my files in /etc (like sendmail.cf and rc.conf, etc).. I was just > wondering if anyone had any thoughts as to things that were ABSOLUTELY > necessary for 4.1-STABLE to work.. Otherwise, I will reboot my box now and > hope for the best :).. > > Loren Koss > http://www.checkthegrid.com > Before you go to the movies...Check The Grid! > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Jan Knepper wrote: > > > Loren Koss wrote: > > > > > So, it looks like you didn't bother merging any files.. Right? That > > > makes life easier.. > > > > Yes! CVSup does that for you as far as I know and it certainly makes life easy. > > > > I didn't have any problem performing the procedure as I described. I think I got > > (at least) one directory wrong though... Sorry, I am one of those weirdo's that > > does most things on an W2K client and uses human memory... > > > > > # chdir /usr/share/cvsup > > #chdir /usr/share/examples/cvsup (I think that is the correct one) > > > > It might take a little while for CVSup to download all the changes (depends mostly > > on your connection) than next of course you will have to run make world which > > depends greately on the power of the machine you run it on. It wasn't to bad on my > > PIII-600 with 128 MB Ram and 18 GB SCSI-3 HD... > > > > Don't worry, be Kneppie! > > Jan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Loren Koss > > > http://www.checkthegrid.com > > > Before you go to the movies...Check The Grid! > > > > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Jan Knepper wrote: > > > > > > > This is basically very simple... > > > > > > > > Make sure you've got cvsup. > > > > If not... > > > > # chdir /usr/ports/net/cvsup-bin > > > > # make > > > > # make install > > > > > > > > Update sources and build world: > > > > # chdir /usr/share/cvsup > > > > # cvsup 4.x-stable-supfile > > > > # chdir /usr/src > > > > # make world > > > > > > > > Than build and install the kernel. (Hope you've done that before) > > > > # cd /sys/i386/conf > > > > # /usr/sbin/config <your-kernel-config> > > > > # cd ../../config/<your-kernel-config> > > > > # make depend > > > > # make > > > > # make install > > > > > > > > REBOOT. > > > > > > > > Now you should be FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE #3 > > > > Did the same thing about 3 days ago... > > > > > > > > Hope this helps > > > > > > > > Don't worry, be Kneppie! > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Loren Koss wrote: > > > > > > > > > okay, I followed the directions on freebsddiary.org and got to the "make > > > > > merge" part.. This is not the most intuitive UI and I basically wanted to > > > > > know if someone knew which parts specifically I should concentrate on or > > > > > will be 4.0-RELEASE files just work fine? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > Loren Koss > > > > > http://www.checkthegrid.com > > > > > Before you go to the movies...Check The Grid! > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Jan Knepper > > > > Smartsoft, LLC > > > > 88 Petersburg Road > > > > Petersburg, NJ 08270 > > > > U.S.A. > > > > > > > > http://www.smartsoft.cc/ > > > > http://www.mp3.com/pianoprincess > > > > > > > > Phone : 609-628-4260 > > > > FAX : 609-628-1267 > > > > FAX : 303-845-6415 http://www.fax4free.com/ > > > > > > > > Phone : 020-873-3837 http://www.xoip.nl/ (Dutch) > > > > FAX : 020-873-3837 http://www.xoip.nl/ (Dutch) > > > > > > > > In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. > > > > -- Charles Forsythe <forsythe@alum.mit.edu> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jan Knepper > > Smartsoft, LLC > > 88 Petersburg Road > > Petersburg, NJ 08270 > > U.S.A. > > > > http://www.smartsoft.cc/ > > http://www.mp3.com/pianoprincess > > > > Phone : 609-628-4260 > > FAX : 609-628-1267 > > FAX : 303-845-6415 http://www.fax4free.com/ > > > > Phone : 020-873-3837 http://www.xoip.nl/ (Dutch) > > FAX : 020-873-3837 http://www.xoip.nl/ (Dutch) > > > > In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. > > -- Charles Forsythe <forsythe@alum.mit.edu> > > > > > > -- Jan Knepper Smartsoft, LLC 88 Petersburg Road Petersburg, NJ 08270 U.S.A. http://www.smartsoft.cc/ http://www.mp3.com/pianoprincess Phone : 609-628-4260 FAX : 609-628-1267 FAX : 303-845-6415 http://www.fax4free.com/ Phone : 020-873-3837 http://www.xoip.nl/ (Dutch) FAX : 020-873-3837 http://www.xoip.nl/ (Dutch) In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe <forsythe@alum.mit.edu> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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