Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 10:51:27 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade Message-ID: <20070502145127.GE27552@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070501132622.19675e6e@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <57145.74.64.6.149.1177901692.squirrel@mail.el.net> <20070430031248.GF15045@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20070501132622.19675e6e@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 01:26:22PM +0100, RW wrote: > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:12:48 -0400 > Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 10:54:52PM -0400, kalin mintchev wrote: > > > > > > > > hello... > > > > > > how painful is to upgrade srcs from 6 to 6.2? all backup and stuff? > > > > Not very painful, though I would definitely recommend a backup. > > Even though the upgrade process is quite reliable, it is easy to > > make a mistake or change your mind about something in the middle > > and so you might want your old files. > > Personally I just backup "/etc", which contains the configuration for > the base system. It's possible to mess-up these file within > mergemaster, and it would be a pain to recreate them. Everything else > is reinstallable, or user data, and the threat to the latter > isn't much greater than when upgrading ports. Your choice. I would back up the user data too, but... ////jerry > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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