Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread John Cruz
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,

Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Robert Huff
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,

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Daniel A.
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

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread John Cruz
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.

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread John Nielsen
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?

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread John Cruz
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

RE: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Zimmerman, Eric
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Cruz Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 12:06 PM Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup) So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before and all

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Nikolas Britton
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

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Nikolas Britton
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 delete use-rel-suffix *default

Fwd: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Bryan Curl
John, Sorry I think I sent this direct only this is being sent to list. -- Forwarded message -- 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

Re: Fwd: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread RW
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

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Miguel
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

RE: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Zimmerman, Eric
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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread John Nielsen
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

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Robert Huff
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

Re[2]: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Daniel Gerzo
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 =

Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

2006-05-09 Thread Miguel
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