Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:47:04 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: John <comp.john@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 7.2-STABLE to 8-R Message-ID: <4B0C1C18.7000807@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <20091124154514.GA91657@potato> References: <20091124154514.GA91657@potato>
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John wrote: > Hello list > > I've looked high and low for a howto/link showing how to update to 8, to > no avail. Is it just a case of the regular buildworld process or are > there gotchas because we are crossing major version numbers. > > You can go the source way or the 'freebsd-update' way. Either way, you will have to rebuild all ports. Detailed instructions are in the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html (see 24.2.3)
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