Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 13:30:58 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Robert Myers <ccrider@whiterose.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.2R to 4.3R upgrade Message-ID: <20010430133058.C30680@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104301258300.99781-100000@ns1.whiterose.net>; from ccrider@whiterose.net on Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:02:30PM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104301258300.99781-100000@ns1.whiterose.net>
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--w7PDEPdKQumQfZlR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:02:30PM -0400, Robert Myers wrote: > I have a few concerns/questions about upgrading from 4.2R to 4.3R >=20 > 1. Is it necessary to upgrade due to the glob/ftpd issue, or will=20 > there be bianry fixes made availabel for 4.2R and so forth. The advisory was released some time back; read it :-) > 2. When upgrading what is the best way to avoid major weirdness, > i.e. breaking stuff left and right..... >=20 > 3. When doing a make world, what configuration files do I need to make > note of?=20 Read the handbook for the 'make world' upgrade procedure, the Right Way To Do It has some other steps in there. > 4. Does make world touch anything in /usr/local/*, i.e. any packages that > aren't will still be the same as when I installed them from 4.2R It doesn't touch anything there; most ports should be fine, except for things like lsof which have their fingers in the kernel and generally need to be recompiled each time you update. Kris --w7PDEPdKQumQfZlR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE67cuBWry0BWjoQKURAnjIAKDoETP0brOqAFeh01kmkcclDbFNEACgwUal R+7WPXgEmUTIN42mjSBJG4E= =KEBi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --w7PDEPdKQumQfZlR-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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