Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 12:20:47 -0700 From: Ev Batey <efb@cotdazr.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: When and How to CVSup Date from 2.2.8 Message-ID: <3759788F.AAAEB5B9@cotdazr.org>
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Dear freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Alas after much too long .. I migrated my server from 2.0.5 to 2.2.8 .. from CDs. A bud tells me he did the same when he could not get a current 3.X-stable CD. I also believe I heard it was possible to both upgrade the entire CD install, the native binaries, and also, to update all the add-in software that doesn_t come on the CDs in current versions AND compile and run all this as a nearly single "PAINLESS" task. Q1- To gradually (over a few weeks, if possible) get to a current "3.x / 4.x whatever is stable", what do I want to feed cvsup_recipe_file to my newly installed cvsup-4.15 AND WHERE do I feed in this config file ? Q2- Do I need to take special steps to preserve the current 2.2.8 sources and ensure my continuing use of my DNS, Apache web server and Qmail that I rely upon thru some gradual upgrade cycle ? Is this is possible? Q3- Quessing there are two ways to build my own CVS archive RCS versions lists, paraphrasing, or some-current source files only, what are the tradeoffs between the two ? I_m just a user and Web and DNS server here and NOT a C source developer. Q4- What kind of relative disk use should I expect ? I just went from 1-GB up to 4-GB. It was easy to get half full in minutes, so, am I going to be pushing the wall again with some semi conservative upgrading of FreeBSD, Apache, BIND and a few other apps. ? Q5- Do I want to upgrade a version at a time ? Is it reasonable to expect to upgrade from 2.2.8 to 3-Stable or 4-Stable without a big risk of losing it all .. ? Q6- Can I hope to protect things like qmail which I replaced sendmail and not have to reinstall from scratch .. again .. that was a lot of hours. Thank you for some adult supervision here. New ground. /Everett/ -- + efb@ieee.org Web: http://www.vhwy.com/efb - Phone: 24Hrs 888 522-VHWY + + [English/Espanol] Beep: 805.655.2017 Voicemail: 800.545-6998+5 WA6CRE + To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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