Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 18:57:27 -0700 (PDT) From: KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> To: soralx@cydem.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/src/Makefile instructions Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0805231853440.27721@libra.sfsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080523072426.7de88f38@soralx> References: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0805230546140.28091@libra.sfsu.edu> <1211548239.10665.4.camel@localhost> <Pine.SOC.4.64.0805230646410.367@libra.sfsu.edu> <20080523072426.7de88f38@soralx>
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On Fri, 23 May 2008, soralx@cydem.org wrote: > >> On that note, was I given misinformation when I was advised >> that it would be impossible to upgrade RELENG_6_2 directly to >> RELENG_7 ? > > Close to implausible, perhaps? That would indeed be the case, unless you > truly are longing for a major workout, either with mergemaster et al, or > both with mergemaster and the ports. The former case, which assumes you > don't have many ports installed, is often a no-brainer: install a fresh > system. The latter case may be somewhat more complicated: install a fresh > system for the least effort on your side, or go the update route if you need > to keep your system up and usable during the process. I didn't really understand that and I don't understand why I am a bad person for spamming my idiotic thoughts on the matter, but in any case this is moot because I am up an runing RELENG_6_3 and making kernel after editing the stable-supfiles RELENG_6_3 to RELENG_7 let's all cross our fingers that communication has just happened. > I should note that I always took the update trail, and never regretted it > afterwards (well, if only so slightly). For instance, my workstation lived > through 5.2.1-R, 6.2-R, RELENG_6, and finally RELENG_7, all with the aid of > cvsup. The process is straightforward, well-designed and easily executed > (thanks to the developers), but problems often pop-up with ports > (especially such messy ones as Gnome, etc) which take lots of time to > correct. I am feeling better about cvsup and even mergemaster nowadays. Thank you very much for your support. > > So, in summary, a sane person should probably go with clean system update. > Is that what I am doing? Umm.. maybe not. I have all these errors that I don't understand and that people ignore but I have a browser and a terminal, so I feel like a functioning pile of carbon compounds. > P.S.: whoever replies next, it's safe to drop hackers@ from CC: anytime now > Naaaaah.. hackers needs the publicity! >> Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) > > [SorAlx] ridin' VS1400 > *----------------------------------------------------------* Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) (415) 902 5513 cellular http://kayve.net Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org *----------------------------------------------------------*
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