From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 27 20:11:47 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 968A716A404 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:11:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odilist@sonic.net) Received: from b.mail.sonic.net (b.mail.sonic.net [64.142.19.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 844E813C491 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:11:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odilist@sonic.net) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (69-12-157-6.dsl.dynamic.sonic.net [69.12.157.6]) by b.mail.sonic.net (8.13.8.Beta0-Sonic/8.13.7) with ESMTP id l0RKBlmr001627 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:11:47 -0800 From: Oliver Iberien To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:11:47 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: <20070127193731.F285616A49E@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20070127193731.F285616A49E@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200701271211.47434.odilist@sonic.net> Subject: Re: How to upgrade an exist freebsd to freebsd6.2 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:11:47 -0000 On Saturday 27 January 2007 11:37, freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org=20 wrote: > Message: 16 > Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:59:18 +0100 (CET) > From: "Zbigniew Szalbot" > Subject: Re: How to upgrade an exist freebsd to freebsd6.2 ? > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0<62266.192.168.11.7.1169909958.squirrel@lists.lc-= words.com> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=3Dutf-8 > > Hello, > > >> BTW: Does this upgrade procedure apply and can it be used =A0 to go fr= om > >> 6.1 to 6.2 freeBSD =A0too ? > >> > >> > >> Thanks > >> DAk > > > > yes, it will work from any version of 6 and up. It should work fine in 7 > > unless the technique changes for some reason. > > I upgraded from 6.1 to 6.2 last week following Eric's points which I like > for being clear and precise. The only issue you need to be cautious about > is when using mergmaster to merge changes for files you may have modified > in /etc/ > > I messed it up and as a result had to recrate /etc from a back up that I > accidentally (mind you!) made before upgrading. > > Good luck! > > -- > Zbigniew Szalbot Would you be able to say what you *should* have told mergemaster? Were ther= e=20 any other tricky mergemaster bits that you did correctly but are worth=20 pointing out?=20 Thanks, Oliver