From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 28 14:51:22 2002 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 93E5337B400 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:51:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8C9043E09 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:51:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g5SLpEuJ049900; Sat, 29 Jun 2002 09:51:14 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g5SLpEun049899; Sat, 29 Jun 2002 09:51:14 +1200 (NZST) Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 09:51:13 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Blake Swensen Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade again... Message-ID: <20020628215113.GA49867@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <3D1B9E0F.8090805@pyramus.com> <20020628053852.GA24354@grimoire.chen.org.nz> <3D1C7D09.5010009@pyramus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D1C7D09.5010009@pyramus.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i 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 [Please don't remove Cc: freebsd-questions] On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 08:13:13AM -0700, Blake Swensen wrote: > Do you mean that you use sysinstall to upgrade the binaries then use > those binaries to make? Would you mind explaining in more detail What I usually do when upgrading across major versions is to: 1. backup the old /etc (and other critical data) 2. make a note of the /etc/fstab entries. 3. install a minimal version of the newer version from CD or FTP (yes, using sysinstall), making sure not to trash my existing filesystems. 4. cvsup the latest -stable sources for that version 5. buildworld, kernel, installworld, mergemaster 6. attempt to merge the old /etc with the newer /etc. 7. rebuild existing ports. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message