Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 23:37:02 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Mike Kanaly <mike@worklife.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help on upgrade from 4.4 stable to 4.5 stable Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10201312333130.36381-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <000101c1aaf1$fb22d9d0$6401a8c0@racerx>
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Mike Kanaly wrote: > Ok, as I stated in my previous mail, I was attempting to do a pkg add of > the cvsupit.tgz from the ftp sites, and I could NEVER connect. I > couldn't connect to any of them! I want to upgrade 4.4 stable to 4.5 > stable, but keep getting a file unavail, unable to fetch error. > > What's another way for me to upgrade from 4.4 stable to 4.5 stable? I've > looked on the web for a really easy, basic walk through where it holds > my hand kinda thing, and have found nothing. Some articles cover this, > but they don't go into the depth that I (a newbie) need. > > Thanks! > -Mike cvsupit is just one way to get cvsup. Do you have cvsup on your system? Is it a post-Sept 9, 2001 file? If not try pkg_add -r cvsup Then cd to /usr/share/examples/cvsup and read the stable-supfile and do what it says--get sources for RELENG_4, cd /usr/src, read UPDATING, do make buildworld and all subsequent commands. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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