Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 15:46:48 +0300 From: Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> To: Erick Mechler <emechler@techometer.net> Cc: Tammer Saleh <tsaleh@scs.uiuc.edu>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: migration to 4.6.2-RELEASE Message-ID: <20020927124648.GA17246@nevermind.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <20020924193129.GX8892@techometer.net> References: <20020924192009.GA19938@pheonix.tammer.net> <20020924193129.GX8892@techometer.net>
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Hello, Erick Mechler! On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 12:31:29PM -0700, you wrote: > :: 2) What is the correct method? > > Edit your supfile and change the tag to 'RELENG_4_6_2_RELEASE'. Re-sup Wrong. It will be vulnerable, buggy version. Tag should be RELENG_4_6, to get latest security and critical bugfixes. > your source, and then follow the instructions in the handbook for upgrading > your system from source: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html True. > :: 3) Is this a particularly painful procedure? > > Not at all, as long as you follow the instructions, do mergemaster (many > people forget to do this), and read UPDATING before you begin. True. > :: PS: I have already tried to find what I need in both the handbook and > :: the faq, but to no real end. I've only found instructions for keeping > :: up-to-date with a single release track (such as RELEASE, STABLE, or > :: CURRENT), and nothing for changing tracks. > > The available cvs tags are located in Appendix A.7. These are kept pretty > well up-to-date. True. -- NEVE-RIPE Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group http://uafug.org.ua/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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