So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before and all
the documentation is confusing as can be. Would it be easier to download
the install mediums and do an upgrade install or is cvsup the better
way? if so how do I go about it? the hanbook page on this is somewhat
confusing,
John Cruz writes:
So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before and all
the documentation is confusing as can be.
What particularly of cvsup do you find confusing?
On the larger question: it /may/ be easier to do a binary
upgrade. On the other hand,
Which one of the handbook pages are you looking at?
Well, anyway. This is what I did (Mind you, my way might have been the
wrong way. This is my first time upgrading a FreeBSD installation,
too).
# cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile /root/
- Edit the /root/stable-supfile file to use a
Robert Huff wrote:
John Cruz writes:
So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before and all
the documentation is confusing as can be.
What particularly of cvsup do you find confusing?
On the larger question: it /may/ be easier to do a binary
upgrade.
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 13:06, John Cruz wrote:
So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before and all
the documentation is confusing as can be. Would it be easier to download
the install mediums and do an upgrade install or is cvsup the better
way? if so how do I go about it?
John Nielsen wrote:
cvsup is definitely the preferred way to upgrade, and is very easy to use,
especially once you get it set up the first time.
You need to:
1) Make sure you have cvsup installed
pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui
OR
cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui make install
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So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before and all
On 5/9/06, John Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before and all
the documentation is confusing as can be. Would it be easier to download
the install mediums and do an upgrade install or is cvsup the better
way? if so how do I go about it? the
On 5/9/06, John Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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2) Create a supfile appropriate for your situation (and location). Here is
mine:
*default host=cvsup12.freebsd.org
*default base=/var/db
*default prefix=/usr
*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6
*default delete use-rel-suffix
*default
John,
Sorry I think I sent this direct only this is being sent to list.
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From: Bryan Curl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: May 9, 2006 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I found this tutorial very helpfull on my first upgrade
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 19:33, Bryan Curl wrote:
I found this tutorial very helpfull on my first upgrade.
http://www.taosecurity.com/keeping_freebsd_applications_up-to-date.html
But I must warn you that this process can take hours-days to complete after
compiling the entire system from
Nikolas Britton wrote:
On 5/9/06, John Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snipped]
2) Create a supfile appropriate for your situation (and location).
Here is
mine:
*default host=cvsup12.freebsd.org
*default base=/var/db
*default prefix=/usr
*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6
*default
is that info (tags meaning) available somewhere in the handbook?, im
running 6.1-RC1 and want to upgrade to 6.1-RELEASE, or better to
6.1-STABLE, what tag should i use?
RELENG???
---
RELENG_6_1 I believe
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On Tuesday 09 May 2006 15:48, Miguel wrote:
Nikolas Britton wrote:
On 5/9/06, John Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2) Create a supfile appropriate for your situation (and location).
Here is
mine:
*default host=cvsup12.freebsd.org
*default base=/var/db
*default prefix=/usr
John Cruz writes:
What particularly of cvsup do you find confusing?
Specifically it would be the supfile stuff, everything I've been
reading says if you put in the wrong thing here, you can screw
the whole system up,
A bad supfile will mess up _the source tree_; one
Hello Miguel,
Tuesday, May 9, 2006, 9:48:00 PM, you typed the following:
Nikolas Britton wrote:
is that info (tags meaning) available somewhere in the handbook?, im
running 6.1-RC1 and want to upgrade to 6.1-RELEASE, or better to
6.1-STABLE, what tag should i use?
RELENG???
RELENG_6 =
John Nielsen wrote:
On Tuesday 09 May 2006 15:48, Miguel wrote:
Nikolas Britton wrote:
On 5/9/06, John Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2) Create a supfile appropriate for your situation (and location).
Here is
mine:
*default host=cvsup12.freebsd.org
*default base=/var/db
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