Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:54:36 +0800 From: "Rezamys" <rezath@tm.net.my> To: "Stephen Montgomery-Smith" <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: upgrade 3.1 release to 3.2 stable via CTM Message-ID: <00f901beb70c$b2cfb580$081603c8@tmmaster> References: <003401beb6c9$e14aa5c0$081603c8@tmmaster> <3765E002.7FD1C821@math.missouri.edu>
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Hello Stephen, Thanks for the swift response. I will follow the advise given. However there's this thing bothering me. The question is: You say; "make sure that usr/src" directory is complete empty". If one were to go there one will find many other directories inside. For example in my usr/src i will see things likebin/, contrib/,games/, sys/ and many others... Maybe u mean delete all the directories inside src? If my understanding is correct I'll need to spend most of the time deleting all those directories under src. It's a lot. And without these directories would it corrupt the OS as complete program? Please highlight. TQ ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: Rezamys <rezath@tm.net.my> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 1:09 PM Subject: Re: upgrade 3.1 release to 3.2 stable via CTM > > Rezamys wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > Thanks for the mail. Actually I decided to install 3.1 release instead coz I > > see it's too much of trouble > > upgrading from 2.2.7 to 3.2 stable. Anyways I read alot bout doing CVSUP, > > make/build world n other stuff. most people do this way. Unfortunately I have > > terrible networks here so i decided to use CTM - took me 10 hours to > > download... > > > > I downloaded (via ftp) the "src-cur.3900xEmpty.gz" source as what I read in > > the complete freebsd book by greg lehey. It's about 52759KB. My question, > > what next? > > > > The CTM article in Freebsd site is "not much" of coverage. Any suggestions? > > > > TQ > > > > OK, I was able to get CTM to work, but not after a little trial and error. I > agree that the documentation is not easy to follow. But after it is mastered, > CTM is a very easy way to keep up with FreeBSD. > > Now, I'm sorry to say that you got the wrong file. Your file is pertinant to > CURRENT, and you want STABLE. > > Look in ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CTM/src-3/ or a mirror of such. > Download src-3.0100xEmpty.gz and src-3.0101.gz to src-3.0181.gz (or whereever > it ends at). > > Put these files in some directory, say ~me/xxx. > > Now cd to the directory where you want to put the sources, lets say /usr/src. > Make sure that this directory is completely empty. > > cd /usr/src > ctm ~me/xxx/src-* > > The computer will decode all of the ctm files, and put them into /usr/src. > You are ready to start making the world (which is very well described by a link > that you will find in the FreeBSD handbook). > > Notice that in /usr/src, you will see a file called .ctm_status. This contains > information as to which ctm file you are up to. So if tomorrow you download > src-3.0182.gz and src-3.0183.gz, then typing the command: > > cd /usr/src > ctm ~me/xxx/src-* > > will cause only src-3.0182.gz and src-3.0183.gz to be applied - it will skip all > of the other files. Actually, it is rather clever - if you do something stupid, > like miss out one of the files, ctm will figure this out, and will not let you > do this. > > I download them, but only apply the ctm command before I do an actual make > world. > You want to make sure that the sources match whatever binaries you have, because > if you make changes to the kernel, you want to be sure that the kernel binary is > in sync with your other binaries. > > The ports work similarly - in that case, I update the ports directory as soon > as I get the ctm files. Just remember, when you do the very first ctm, you must > have a *Empty.gz file as your starting point, and the directory into which > you apply the ctm must be completely empty. > > After that, you need never download any more *Empty.gz files. The remaining > files are quite small, so downloading them is not so bad. > > Another thing - if you ever modify one of the files that ctm has placed there, > then any later ctm that attempts to modify that file will fail. What I do then > is > to completely clean out that directory and completely start over. I keep > backups > of all my ctm files for just that reason. > > Hope this helps. > > -- > > Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen@math.missouri.edu > 307 Math Science Building stephen@showme.missouri.edu > Department of Mathematics stephen@missouri.edu > University of Missouri-Columbia > Columbia, MO 65211 > USA > > Phone (573) 882 4540 > Fax (573) 882 1869 > > http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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