Re: Upgrade path from STABLE to RELEASE
On Friday 07 January 2011, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Your choices are to backup and reinstall using a release version, > or to grab the latest -STABLE or -RELEASE sources and upgrade by > compiling from source. Note that last option still won't allow you > to use freebsd-update subsequently: you have to stick with the > binaries from the install media for that to work. This has got me puzzled. I appreciate that freebsd-update won't update the sources so an attempt to recompile after using freebsd-update to change between versions will lead to trouble unless the new sources are also downloaded but I'd assumed that freebsd-update would manage to update the binaries irrespective of whether they'd been installed as binary downloads or compiled locally. My present system started as 8.0-RELEASE, installed as a binary from DVD. I subsequently used csup to upgrade through 8.1-STABLE and 8.1-RELEASE. I've been using freebsd-update to keep 8.1-RELEASE up to date with the latest security patches. I didn't see any error messages when I ran freebsd-update so I assumed that everything went fine. Is there something I've overlooked and should I recompile from source to be safe? -- Mike Clarke ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Upgrade path from STABLE to RELEASE
On 07/01/2011 11:14, Paul Macdonald wrote: > I have a box which i installed 7.0 stable on and i want to do a binary > update to 8.1 REL, is this possible via the freebsd-update utility? > > freebsd-update -r 8.1-RELEASE upgrade > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found. > Fetching public key from update5.FreeBSD.org... failed. > Fetching public key from update4.FreeBSD.org... failed. > Fetching public key from update2.FreeBSD.org... failed. > Fetching public key from update3.FreeBSD.org... failed. > No mirrors remaining, giving up. > > (Its only on stable that it fails, works fine). No. freebsd-update only works with -RELEASE branches, as you have discovered for yourself. Your choices are to backup and reinstall using a release version, or to grab the latest -STABLE or -RELEASE sources and upgrade by compiling from source. Note that last option still won't allow you to use freebsd-update subsequently: you have to stick with the binaries from the install media for that to work. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Upgrade path from STABLE to RELEASE
Hi, I have a box which i installed 7.0 stable on and i want to do a binary update to 8.1 REL, is this possible via the freebsd-update utility? freebsd-update -r 8.1-RELEASE upgrade Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found. Fetching public key from update5.FreeBSD.org... failed. Fetching public key from update4.FreeBSD.org... failed. Fetching public key from update2.FreeBSD.org... failed. Fetching public key from update3.FreeBSD.org... failed. No mirrors remaining, giving up. (Its only on stable that it fails, works fine). thanks Paul. -- - Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting - t: 0131 5548070 m: 07534206249 e: p...@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com - IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA - ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
