From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 7 13:03:06 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 0A7781065670 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:03:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swehack@gmail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81F508FC14 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 13:03:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 4so1113029eyf.9 for ; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:03:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=AlpKhK/dfT0X488jKX7uXJPUY3+LHMEScrtuB2gINoI=; b=wmBSEVXl3WuP3uYGPWd68gCxIzAUiWwPRWZFvJunQUHfLcNdSxWj8jLLN54JL0O4sx zIck5Gk5E8CZCu6N1yBDGugbSGzIkhFoZ8kWgbKJp+ji6v/YRusFx5ThJPKN0VH/+Vi9 ZNciVrCcnrkDSMA6GozUnFELB9AMWl+nngHC0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=ugh2YcE8CwZRjnbb2xLk7WfgvL+MeemcuCpFEpPZemFMhi0TkXGeL5+oMHwlR8WVEV PUivvXK1nogLwoQgN5Idy+y8O2KtpMwvwktSIe7jCiTpm7cfJLgWpRrbql2gNJEJ/DtK cBKrKrlhRHaHVvoj5VCSUwHbhf7Jekv3t4y0c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.211.158.15 with SMTP id k15mr3227147ebo.25.1254920576278; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:02:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20091006221719.GA5942@alucard.int.rhavenn.net> References: <9aed80930910051249ocfcf946o2341c653d16b8e24@mail.gmail.com> <20091006221719.GA5942@alucard.int.rhavenn.net> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:02:56 +0200 Message-ID: <9aed80930910070602o76ac20f4u900098f1d0c32080@mail.gmail.com> From: nocturnal To: Henrik Hudson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:03:06 -0000 Thanks for the pointers Henrik. I have decided that you are right, it's too much of a headache. I would rather just re-install and restore backups. 2009/10/7 Henrik Hudson > 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 stu= ff > > 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 > > --=20 Med v=E4nliga h=E4lsningar Stefan Midjich aka nocturnal [SWEHACK] http://swehack.se