From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 22 15:35:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08CAD16A402 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:35:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robin@reportlab.com) Received: from relay01.pair.com (relay01.pair.com [209.68.5.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A2CA313C467 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:35:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robin@reportlab.com) Received: (qmail 34326 invoked from network); 22 Feb 2007 15:35:19 -0000 Received: from 217.196.247.135 (HELO ?192.168.0.3?) (217.196.247.135) by relay01.pair.com with SMTP; 22 Feb 2007 15:35:19 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 217.196.247.135 Message-ID: <45DDB8EA.6040503@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:38:18 +0000 From: Robin Becker User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: binary updating 6.0-6.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:35:21 -0000 I see from the latest announcement that freebsd-update is now in the base system for 6.2. Following the links I see there's a procedure for 6.0-61. and another for 6.1-6.2 binary updating. In the past I have always dumped all my files and /etc /usr/local/etc done a completely fresh install, reinstalled files and manually hacked any of the modified system files. Then follows a long process of updating the ports tree and rebuilding the ports I need. Clearly I will still dump all my files in case anything horrific goes wrong. But can I update 6.0-6.1 6.1-6.2 with a reasonable hope of success. The very first step seems the hardest since I have been using freebsd-update already in my 6.0 system and the kernel is no longer a 6.0-RELEASE, but 6.0-SECURITY FreeBSD and a warning in the notes on the 6.1-6.2 update process says I need a GENERIC or SMP kernel. Does the updater know about updates? Does the updater squirrel away copies of the updated files so a last ditch attempt at status quo restoration can be made? Also do my existing ports continue to work with the new kernel? -- Robin Becker