On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dominic Fandrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > B. Cook wrote: > >> Hello All, > >> > >> I was going to try and update a box from 6.3 to 7 via buildworld all > >> 32 bit, nothing 64. > >> > >> Assuming it should be done like this: > >> > >> make buildworld > >> make buildkernel > >> mergemaster -p > >> make installkernel > >> (reboot) > >> (startup on 7 kernel) > >> make installworld > >> mergemaster (do full mergemaster) > >> make installworld > >> (reboot) > >> > >> (make sure all is working in 7 then do it all again; just to be sure) > >> make buildworld > >> make buildkernel > >> make installkernel > >> make installworld > >> > >> > >> Sound about right? or too redundant? > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > > > > The doing it all again part might bring some very slight performance > > improvements due to the compiler change. > > It *shouldn't* make any difference; buildworld bootstraps its own > compiler as one of the first things it does. > > None of the steps really need to be done more than once. The > redundancy as described isn't harmful, either. > _______________________________________________
You also have to recompile all your ports due to a major change in how the ports work. portupgrade -f -a _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
