From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 27 04:37:18 2004 Return-Path: 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 EB39616A4CF; Sun, 27 Jun 2004 04:37:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.reppep.com (www.reppep.com [66.92.104.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CF6B43D1F; Sun, 27 Jun 2004 04:37:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pepper@reppep.com) Received: from [10.0.1.102] (airport.reppep.com [66.92.104.202]) by www.reppep.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EDE2FDBC; Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:37:16 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: pepper@mail.reppep.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20040626215940.GA5635@green.homeunix.org> References: <200406250027.19459.raabe@kde.org> <20040626215940.GA5635@green.homeunix.org> Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:36:39 -0400 To: Brian Fundakowski Feldman From: Chris Pepper Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" cc: Frerich Raabe cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patch for src/UPDATING X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 04:37:19 -0000 At 5:59 PM -0400 2004/06/26, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote: >On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 12:27:19AM +0200, Frerich Raabe wrote: >> Moin, >> >> I attached a patch against the UPDATING file, fixing a few flaws in the >> description of how to do an in-place update of 4-STABLE to 5-CURRENT which I >> noticed while doing exactly that update. Reviewal (and possible subsequent >> commit) would be much appreciated. > >Thanks for finding and fixing the problems with the upgrade instructions! >I've committed it to -CURRENT. There's a small typo in the patch: [9] When checking out sources, you must include the -P flag to have - cvs prune empty directories. + cvs prune empty directories. Also, if CPUTYPE is defined in your + /etc/make.conf, make sure to use the "?=" instead of the "=" assignment + operator, so that buildworld can override the CPUTYPE if it needs to. + In case you would like to avoid installing new packages of everything, + you might want to uncomment the "COMPAT4X= YES" entry, so that 4.x + compatibility libraries are build which should allow you to continue + using your existing software for a while. s/are build/are built/ Chris -- Chris Pepper: Rockefeller University: