From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 1 13:35:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A519D16A421 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 13:35:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from security@t-hosting.hu) Received: from viefep16-int.chello.at (viefep16-int.chello.at [213.46.255.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBD7043D49 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 13:35:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from security@t-hosting.hu) Received: from [80.98.207.149] by viefep16-int.chello.at (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with ESMTP id <20050601133549.FAPZ551.viefep16-int.chello.at@[80.98.207.149]>; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 15:35:49 +0200 Message-ID: <429DB9B2.70405@t-hosting.hu> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 15:35:46 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6vesd=E1n_G=E1bor?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roger Grosswiler References: <43866.62.2.21.164.1117631913.squirrel@www.gwch.net> In-Reply-To: <43866.62.2.21.164.1117631913.squirrel@www.gwch.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to update my system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:35:52 -0000 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" > >