re: upgrading 4.0 to stable

[F. Even]

>-
>Adam McLaurin adam.mclaurin at gmx.net 
>Sun Sep 28 20:20:47 PDT 2003 
>
>On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:57:04 -0500 (CDT)
>"F. Even"  wrote:
>
>> I would like to upgrade a 4.0 machine to STABLE, or at least to the
>> RELENG security level.  How difficult will this be?  Is 
>there anything
>> 
>> special that I need to be concerned about, so I don't get bit?  This
>> is kind of an important boxand I don't want it to take a 
>nose-dive
>> 
>> after I reboot it remotely.
>
>The most common advice is to upgrade incrementally. Upgrading 
>directly from 4.0 to 4.8 is likely to encounter problems. 

OK.

>I personally would recommend 4.0 to 4.3, then 4.3 to 4.6.2, 
>then 4.6.2 to 4.8. Check the handbook for the appropriate CVS tags.

I was planning on using CVSup.  Can I use the section on CVS tags for 
this?  This is the page I found, correct?:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html

>In any case, it is *very* important that you read 
>/usr/src/UPDATING each time you update your source. This will 
>inform you of any special steps you need to take before 
>upgrading to that respective version.
>
>If you're especially paranoid and have plenty of time, you 
>could even do the upgraded in more increments than I 
>recommended. Just be sure to read the UPDATING file each time.

Now what is really recommended?  Assuming I can use the CVS tags for 
CVSup, what should I do?  Can I use the "release" tags?  Like 
RELENG_4_0_0_RELEASE.  Should I?  Should I bother going to a "STABLE" 
version and just update my "RELEASE?"  ...or, should I CVSup my 
machine to every "RELEASE" branch until I get to the current 
one.  ..or should I go directly to the RELENG_4_3 and then upgrade 
every level of that.  I don't really see much in the way of guidance 
in the handbook of what I should do to bring this box to some state of 
being "current."  Hence...my pleading for assistance here.  ;-)  

Thanks for any help.

Frank
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Re: upgrading 4.0 to stable

[Adam McLaurin]

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:57:04 -0500 (CDT)
"F. Even" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I would like to upgrade a 4.0 machine to STABLE, or at least to the 
> RELENG security level.  How difficult will this be?  Is there anything
> 
> special that I need to be concerned about, so I don't get bit?  This 
> is kind of an important boxand I don't want it to take a nose-dive
> 
> after I reboot it remotely.

The most common advice is to upgrade incrementally. Upgrading directly
from 4.0 to 4.8 is likely to encounter problems. 

I personally would recommend 4.0 to 4.3, then 4.3 to 4.6.2, then 4.6.2
to 4.8. Check the handbook for the appropriate CVS tags.

In any case, it is *very* important that you read /usr/src/UPDATING each
time you update your source. This will inform you of any special steps
you need to take before upgrading to that respective version.

If you're especially paranoid and have plenty of time, you could even do
the upgraded in more increments than I recommended. Just be sure to read
the UPDATING file each time.

Hope that helps,
Adam
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