* Salvo Bartolotta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001007 12:14] wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 10/7/00, 12:13:28 PM, Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> regarding Re: downgrade?:
>
>
> > * Philipp Huber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001007 04:08] wrote:
> > > hi!
> > >
> > > is it possible to downgrade a freebsd-current installation to -stable?
> > > or is it better to reinstall the whole system?
>
> > It's possible by building a 4.x-stable system and tar'ing the
> > /usr/src and /usr/obj over to your -current then doing several
> > 'make -k installworld' followed by a 'make installworld' to make
> > sure it's all been installed then by building a kernel using the
> > "make buildkernel" method described in src/UPDATING.
>
> > --
> > -Alfred Perlstein - [[EMAIL PROTECTED]|[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."
>
>
>
> Dear Alfred Perlstein,
>
> <caution type="I haven't (as yet) tried this">
>
> >From the posts I have been reading, I seem to understand that the
> following may apply (depending on the divergence/relationship between
> -CURRENT and -STABLE):
>
> -- It may be necessary to downgrade the toolchain (e.g. binutils;
> gcc);
> -- It may be necessary to downgrade "script"utils (ie perl).
>
> </caution>
Yes you're correct there will be problems with perl, that's
why you need a 4.x machine to do the building on and that's also
why you may need several 'make -k installworld' runs to finally
get a 'make installworld' to work.
--
-Alfred Perlstein - [[EMAIL PROTECTED]|[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."
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