Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 15:35:46 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= <security@t-hosting.hu> To: Roger Grosswiler <roger@gwch.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to update my system Message-ID: <429DB9B2.70405@t-hosting.hu> In-Reply-To: <43866.62.2.21.164.1117631913.squirrel@www.gwch.net> References: <43866.62.2.21.164.1117631913.squirrel@www.gwch.net>
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Hello, You can upgrade via CVSup. It is a tool that can easily synchronize the whole source tree. A configuration file is necessary, You can find examples in /usr/share/examples/cvsup. The stable-supfile or the standard-supfile is for You. The standard-supfile synchronizes to -current tree, which is the development tree of the FreeBSD project and isn't recommended for new users. I discourage You to use -current. The stable-supfile synchronizes to the -stable tree, which supposed to be actually stable. It is the right choice for You. A sample supfile for You: *default host=cvsup.hu.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5 *default delete use-rel-suffix src-all You should change the first line according your location. Select a closer mirror. Now, run CVSup: cvsup /path/to/supfile. After the synchronization is complete: cd /usr/src make buildkernel make installkernel Then reboot. If the boot process is still okay with the new kernel: cd /usr/src make buildworld Reboot into single user mode, remount root with mount -u, then: cd /usr/src make installworld That's all. You must work as root from the beginning to the end. Detailed howto is available in the FreeBSD handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html Cheers, Gábor Kövesdán Roger Grosswiler wrote: >hi, > >i am very, very new on freebsd. I would like to now, with which >possibilities i could update my freebsd 5.4 to the latest available >updates? > >Thank you >Roger > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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