From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 21 16:31: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6933D37B401 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 16:31:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from us-webmasters.com (us-webmasters.com [207.159.139.240]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0920643E75 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 16:31:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from WD@US-Webmasters.com) Received: from xyz.netins.net (batv-01-043.dialup.netins.net [216.248.109.44]) by us-webmasters.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA26174; Sat, 21 Sep 2002 16:30:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020921181053.04a590e0@us-webmasters.com> X-Sender: wd@us-webmasters.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 18:30:46 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "W. D." Subject: Re: Upgrade Cc: Giorgos Keramidas In-Reply-To: <20020921200316.GC22497@hades.hell.gr> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020921140231.048ce360@us-webmasters.com> <003701c26123$1d5d5240$32040101@hume> <5.1.0.14.2.20020921140231.048ce360@us-webmasters.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 15:03 9/21/2002, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >On 2002-09-21 14:04, "W. D." wrote: >> At 06:10 9/21/2002, Jerry McAllister wrote: >> >Instead, download either the CD iso-s or floppy images for 4.6.2 >> >and start fresh with a new install of 4.6.2. Then you can have >> >the joy of upgrading from there to -stable or 4.7 or ... >> >> What about a situation where you've 'inherited' a box with 4.4 that >> is online and working and want to upgrade the security patches. How >> does one do that? > Thanks Giorgos!!! I really appreciate your response. >1. Read the Handbook [upgrading from the source]. I found the Handbook: http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ but I can't find the upgrading from the source section. Could you please point me in the right direction? >2. CVSup sources to RELENG_4_4 [security branch of 4.4-RELEASE version]. I found CVSup: http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html & http://www.Google.com/search?q=3Dfreebsd+cvsup Is this the procedure to upgrade sources? http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html This seems a bit amorphous to me. Can you provide me with more detail? >3. Build and install new version. Is there a link for this procedure? Many thanks again! > >Giorgos. Start Here to Find It Fast!=A9 -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-pa= ge/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message