Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:55:12 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> To: X Philius <xphilius@yahoo.com> Cc: Russ Pagenkopf <russ.pagenkopf@uas.alaska.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make buildworld problem Message-ID: <20011023175511.C12308@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20011023140337.32917.qmail@web11807.mail.yahoo.com>; from xphilius@yahoo.com on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 07:03:37AM -0700 References: <20011022181445.C31361@sunbay.com> <20011023140337.32917.qmail@web11807.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 07:03:37AM -0700, X Philius wrote: > Ruslan, > A few questions below... > > --- Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > > [Please wrap your lines at 65 or so characters.] > > Sorry. Hope this is better. > > > Yes, 4.1R -> 4.4R upgrade path was broken. This has been > > fixed later, and 4.1R -> 4.4-STABLE upgrade path is possible. > > > Unfortunately, we can't backport the fixes to already > > released (sticky) version (4.4-RELEASE). > > I have read through UPDATING for 4.4 Release, and I do not see > any obvious solution. I have just upgraded my dev server to 4.4 > Stable with no problems, but I think I'd rather be cautious and > keep my prod server on 4.4 Release and then track the security > updates. > UPDATING for 4.4-R is "sticky". Again, we just can't merge fixes to already released versions. If you want 4.4-RELEASE, you'll have to backport the fix yourself. These are the relevant commits: : ru 2001/09/24 08:45:00 PDT : : Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_4) : . Makefile.inc1 : usr.bin/xinstall Makefile : usr.sbin/mtree Makefile : share/mk bsd.lib.mk bsd.prog.mk : gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld Makefile : Log: : MFC: Bootstrapping fixes. : : This unbreaks source upgrades from 4.2-RELEASE. : : Revision Changes Path : 1.141.2.33 +6 -6 src/Makefile.inc1 : 1.8.2.5 +9 -2 src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/Makefile : 1.91.2.4 +2 -2 src/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk : 1.86.2.5 +2 -2 src/share/mk/bsd.prog.mk : 1.11.2.4 +7 -1 src/usr.bin/xinstall/Makefile : 1.15.2.5 +10 -7 src/usr.sbin/mtree/Makefile and : ru 2001/09/26 23:35:47 PDT : : Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_4) : gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libiberty Makefile : Log: : MFC: 1.9 -> 1.12: Fix the upgrade path from 4.1-RELEASE. : : Revision Changes Path : 1.3.2.4 +4 -1 src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libiberty/Makefile > Questions: > > - Can I use Makefile.upgrade to prepare my system to build 4.4 > Release? Or... > No, Makefile.upgrade is for really old, pre-3.x systems. > - Is my only option is to do a binary upgrade using Sysinstall, > or start from scratch? > You can also backport the above fixes over 4.4-RELEASE sources, or use 4.4-STABLE. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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