Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 10:21:37 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Charlie Brewster <ecliptica.ww@virgin.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvsup and make buildworld - from FreeBSD 4.0 Message-ID: <20020110102137.A70824@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20020109203850.D658@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <3.0.5.32.20020110015018.0079cea0@mail.virgin.net> <20020109203446.B658@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020109203850.D658@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 08:34:46PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 01:50:18AM +0000, Charlie Brewster wrote: > > Hi > > > > I'm trying to upgrade from FreeBSD 4.0 on a FreeBSD-only P300/128MB. > > > > With some much-appreciated help from list-members on > > freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org I've managed to get to the point where I can > > download/update files easily and consistently using cvsup. Sadly I've not > > managed yet to get a complete run-through of "make buildworld". > > > > After trying with RELENG_4 and getting a crash in the same place twice (see > > script output file extracts below), I attempted to revert to an earlier > > release version of 4.x and did cvsup with a tag=RELENG_4_4_RELEASE - I was > > inferring this as a valid tag value from an outdated printed copy of the > > handbook. > > Should have been RELENG_4_4_0_RELEASE > > Anyway, I suspect that your problem is that source-level upgrades from > 4.0 to 4.4 are not supported (or if they're supposed to be, they may > be broken). I've cc'ed one of the developers who was working on it a > while ago. > Quite likely may be, as I've failed to find the 4.0-RELEASE, to test on it. The lower release which the standard source upgrade path has been tested is 4.1-RELEASE. If someone will donate me a 4.0-RELEASE CD, I can test and fix if required the 4.0 -> 4.STABLE upgrade path. > In the absence of source upgrades being available, you'll have to do a > binary upgrade (e.g. download the 4.4-RELEASE installation floppy and > use the 'upgrade' option). > Or source upgrade to 4.1-RELEASE first, and then to 4.4-RELEASE or later. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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