Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 10:39:35 +0000 (UTC) From: Duane Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 FreeBSD Release 5.5 -> 6.2 Message-ID: <20070517102831.O61920@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> In-Reply-To: <464BCE1A.4020400@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20070516182846.C34584@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> <464BCE1A.4020400@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Thu, 17 May 2007, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Duane Hill wrote: >> >> I have a server that, at first, required 5.5 because of the MTA that was >> running on the server. It no longer is running that particular MTA >> anymore. I need to upgrade the server to release 6.2. >> >> Is it just a matter of changing the release tag within the cvsup file >> from RELENG_5_5 to RELENG_6_2, removing the contents of /usr/src/*, >> removing the contents of /usr/obj/*, and doing a clean cvsup? > > Pretty much. You don't actually need to delete /usr/src/*, and not > doing so will save you some bandwidth. > > You should be able to upgrade the system by a routine buildworld, > buildkernel ... type operation, but beware that you will need to > recompile all of your ports because of potential shlib version > clashes. Ports from 5.5 will still work on 6.2, but later trying to > update them piecemeal can lead to misery. I'm using portupgrade. So I will use the switches force a reinstall and to act on everything that depends on the reinstalled port (-fr).
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