From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 6 22:17:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 979E31065697 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 22:17:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@rhavenn.net) Received: from smtp184.dfw.emailsrvr.com (smtp184.dfw.emailsrvr.com [67.192.241.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76A828FC17 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 22:17:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay8.relay.dfw.mlsrvr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay8.relay.dfw.mlsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id E21B43FFEE; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:17:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: by relay8.relay.dfw.mlsrvr.com (Authenticated sender: rhavenn-AT-rhavenn.net) with ESMTPSA id C32563FFAD; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 18:17:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: by alucard.int.rhavenn.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7AE9D11428D; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:17:19 -0800 (AKDT) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:17:19 -0800 From: Henrik Hudson To: nocturnal Message-ID: <20091006221719.GA5942@alucard.int.rhavenn.net> References: <9aed80930910051249ocfcf946o2341c653d16b8e24@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9aed80930910051249ocfcf946o2341c653d16b8e24@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386 to 7.2 amd64? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:17:26 -0000 On Mon, 05 Oct 2009, nocturnal wrote: > Can it be done with a simple cvs or binary update of FreeBSD or must i > re-install using some media? > > If i kept my /usr partition intact and just overwrote the important stuff > with new files from the CD it wouldn't be so bad with a re-install but it > would be nice if large parts of it could be done remote. > > What is your suggestion for this? You will have to recompile all ports (/usr/local ) and any manually installed apps due to the changes in the system libs. Personally, it's not worth the headache of trying to do a "upgrade" across architectures like this. Most of the items in /usr (outside of /usr/local) are part of the base system and should update "okay", but I don't know if you will be able to boot a x64 kernel into a x86 system, assuming you try a reboot between make installkernel and make installworld . I don't think a binary upgrade would work at all, but I've never actually done a binary upgrade. I always csup. On that note, I've never tried this, but I would recommend against it. Henrik -- Henrik Hudson lists@rhavenn.net ----------------------------------------- "God, root, what is difference?" Pitr; UF