Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 13:26:22 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade Message-ID: <20070501132622.19675e6e@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20070430031248.GF15045@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <57145.74.64.6.149.1177901692.squirrel@mail.el.net> <20070430031248.GF15045@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:12:48 -0400 Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 10:54:52PM -0400, kalin mintchev wrote: > > > > > hello... > > > > how painful is to upgrade srcs from 6 to 6.2? all backup and stuff? > > Not very painful, though I would definitely recommend a backup. > Even though the upgrade process is quite reliable, it is easy to > make a mistake or change your mind about something in the middle > and so you might want your old files. Personally I just backup "/etc", which contains the configuration for the base system. It's possible to mess-up these file within mergemaster, and it would be a pain to recreate them. Everything else is reinstallable, or user data, and the threat to the latter isn't much greater than when upgrading ports.
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