Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 18:44:41 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: Tom Embt <tom@embt.com>, J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading/CVSUPping with bad ISP connection Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912011840190.55144-100000@24-25-220-29.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.991028141404.4695A-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>
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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, David Scheidt wrote: > On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Tom Embt wrote: > > > Make sure you've installed the mergemaster port, it's not part of the base > > distribution. It is now, for both -current and -stable. If you don't have it installed already you can 'cp /usr/src/usr.sbin/mergemaster/mergemaster.sh /usr/sbin/mergemaster' and you're good to go. > > This is the (slightly abbreviated) order of things: > > > > 1. Sync your source tree (eg, with cvsup). > > 2. Check /usr/src/UPDATING for any important info. > > > I very strongly suggest building a new kernel, installing it, and rebooting > *before* building world. It is much easier to recover from a broken kernel > than a broken world. New kernels work with old worlds, but the reverse > isn't always true. It's also not true that new kernels always work with old worlds. Especially in the 3.x branch. I just ran into this today where a a kernel built from sources cvsup'ed to -Stable today would not run in a 3.3-Release (from CD) world. There are still a lot of build issues to be worked out before one method or another becomes the law of the land. Take a look at http://freebsd.simplenet.com/upgrade.html for a slightly out of date version of my take on the upgrade from source process. Doug -- "Welcome to the desert of the real." - Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus, "The Matrix" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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