From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 17 03:38:20 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 0D30916A405 for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 03:38:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (imap.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6700513C44B for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 03:38:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l4H3c2mB075430; Thu, 17 May 2007 04:38:04 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk from=m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk; sender-id=permerror; spf=permerror X-SenderID: Sendmail Sender-ID Filter v0.2.14 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk l4H3c2mB075430 Message-ID: <464BCE1A.4020400@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 04:38:02 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070420) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Duane Hill References: <20070516182846.C34584@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> In-Reply-To: <20070516182846.C34584@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Thu, 17 May 2007 04:38:14 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.90.2/3264/Wed May 16 21:43:07 2007 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_TESTING, DK_POLICY_SIGNSOME,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 FreeBSD Release 5.5 -> 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, 17 May 2007 03:38:20 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Duane Hill wrote: > > I have a server that, at first, required 5.5 because of the MTA that was > running on the server. It no longer is running that particular MTA > anymore. I need to upgrade the server to release 6.2. > > Is it just a matter of changing the release tag within the cvsup file > from RELENG_5_5 to RELENG_6_2, removing the contents of /usr/src/*, > removing the contents of /usr/obj/*, and doing a clean cvsup? Pretty much. You don't actually need to delete /usr/src/*, and not doing so will save you some bandwidth. You should be able to upgrade the system by a routine buildworld, buildkernel ... type operation, but beware that you will need to recompile all of your ports because of potential shlib version clashes. Ports from 5.5 will still work on 6.2, but later trying to update them piecemeal can lead to misery. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGS84Z8Mjk52CukIwRCAXiAKCNzKK5NoHsCKwUBpwb2exXBxALOwCcCPFJ 8c6FJamMM6+TAM5d9itSPz0= =THxJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----