Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 10:46:46 -0800 From: "Brian W." <brian@brianwhalen.net> To: Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd-update questions Message-ID: <CADV=szU%2B2-yhe5skeDHtPNUrxzNKcJsMW=GjMLCha5xBJYnUiA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFKhKgpEsKLBRh8zqPyTJOCPbeM7wJrpPHKOSL2Bw7mBqTR4%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFKhKgqaHbzWRpxBginmH91s2YVgtzZZsAdHX2T_5OjdnQ1Qag@mail.gmail.com> <54B37A5F.5050302@infracaninophile.co.uk> <CAFKhKgpEsKLBRh8zqPyTJOCPbeM7wJrpPHKOSL2Bw7mBqTR4%2BQ@mail.gmail.com>
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A key thing to watch for in the conf files is that markers will be put in place so you can see what's new; those need to be deleted. On Jan 12, 2015 10:27 AM, "Andrew Gould" <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 1:40 AM, Matthew Seaman < > m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 12/01/2015 04:08, Andrew Gould wrote: > > > I ran 'freebsd-update fetch', but forgot to run 'freebsd-update > install'. > > > Later, I decided to upgrade, to 10.1, so I ran 'freebsd-update -r > > > 10.1-RELEASE upgrade'. So now I have fetched an update and an upgrade. > > > What will happen if I run 'freebsd-update install'? > > > > > > Is there a way to delete what has been fetched and start over? > > > > Yeah. 'freebsd-update fetch' or 'freebsd-update -r X.Y-RELEASE upgrade' > > prepare a set of patches to install in order to effect an update. If > > you run one of them but then subsequently omit the 'freebsd-update > > install' step, then run either of those commands again, if the target > > version has changed in the mean time (flipping between 'fetch' and > > 'upgrade' counts), it will download a new set of patches to update the > > installed system to the new desired version. This will take advantage > > of any patches already downloaded and sitting in freebsd-update's cache, > > but otherwise it recreates the update job from scratch. It will ignore > > any patches not relevant to the update you requested. > > > > So the way you start over is to rerun your 'fetch' or 'upgrade' command, > > but only if there are new patches to download. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Matthew > > > > -- > > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. > > > > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey > > JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co. <matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk> > > > Does anyone have a link to documentation that shows how to deal with > merging configuration files in upgrading via freebsd-update? The online > manual mentions the topic but doesn't provide much guidance. > > Thanks, > > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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