From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 22 15:24:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 471F237B405 for ; Sun, 22 Jul 2001 15:24:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oberman@ptavv.es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f6MMONb10833; Sun, 22 Jul 2001 15:24:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200107222224.f6MMONb10833@ptavv.es.net> To: Wayne Lubin Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading from 4.2 to 4.3 In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 22 Jul 2001 15:10:48 PDT." <20010722221048.7981.qmail@web14701.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 15:24:23 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 15:10:48 -0700 (PDT) > From: Wayne Lubin > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > How does one upgrade from 4.2 to 4.3 and keep all > config files and all installed ports etc... Or is the > only way to do this simply to install 4.3 from scratch > and thus loose everything done with 4.2. I have looked > in the documentation but can't seem to find a > definitive answer to this question. Thanks in advance > for your help. Use cvsup. If you want to go to 4.3-Release, I believe a tag of RELENG_4_3 will get you 4.3-Release with any subsequent security patches added. Read /usr/src/UPDATING! Also, read the handbook section 20.3, "Synchronizing You Source". R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message