Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:20:01 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Schrodinger <schrodinger@konundrum.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updating Procedure Message-ID: <20030115072001.GA97205@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <2362.159.134.75.124.1042597157.squirrel@webmail.konundrum.org> References: <2362.159.134.75.124.1042597157.squirrel@webmail.konundrum.org>
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On 2003-01-15 02:19, schrodinger@konundrum.org (Schrodinger) wrote:
> I was wondering can anyone tell me the correct procedure for updating my
> sources to the current 4.7 source. From what I can make out so far if I
> want to update my source I would use the following cvsup file:
> *default host=cvsup.ie.FreeBSD.org
> *default base=/usr
> *default prefix=/usr
> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4
> *default delete use-rel-suffix
> *default compress
> src-all
>
> I would then issue the following commands:
> cd /etc
> cvsup -g -L 1 cvsupfle
>
> When the cvsup has finished successfully I would then:
> cd /usr/src/ // this is all assuming that I have properly
> configured my make.conf
> make world
>
> When this has finished I would re-compile my kernel and reboot.
> Are these steps correct or am I missing anything?
"make world" will also install the kernel.
You should probably read the instrucctions in src/UPDATING after
running CVSup. Especially the section titled:
To update from 4.0-RELEASE or later to the most current
4.x-STABLE
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- Giorgos
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