Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:10:03 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Richard Stevenson <richard@endace.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade 5.0-REL to 5.2.1-REL Message-ID: <20040318001003.GA71674@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0403181235350.30947@zhba.rg.raqnpr.pbz> References: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0403181235350.30947@zhba.rg.raqnpr.pbz>
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--jRHKVT23PllUwdXP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 12:39:57PM +1300, Richard Stevenson wrote: > Hi all >=20 > I've got a couple of FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE boxen on the network, and I > rather think I need to upgrade them (I'm thinking 5.2.1-RELEASE as the > target). Can I *safely* do this using cvsup/make buildworld/make > buildkernel/make installkernel/boot -s/make installworld? After taking a > backup, of course... I just can't see any mention of 5.0 -> 5.2 in > src/UPDATING, or the release notes, or anything like that. It's supposed to work, but that upgrade path is probably not frequently tested. It might be quicker to do a binary upgrade with sysinstall. > Is such a course likely to cause any major breakages in installed ports > (specifically Apache, rt, mailman)? Trying to do this with minimal > disruption, since both servers are in production. Yes. You'll likely have to rebuild all your ports to deal with various binary incompatibilities. Sorry, but that's one of the reasons why previous 5.x releases have been labelled "Not a Production Release" :-) Kris --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAWOjbWry0BWjoQKURAtyjAKC7xMDZzeU92VTWIC8LhZKSQLWGLwCg2dG4 5ExaMGyjTuA7XsILIyOQHh0= =Upn2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP--
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