Re: Upgrading in the same RELENG without shutdown ?

2006-10-18 Thread RW
On Monday 16 October 2006 21:56, bsd wrote: From what I have read so far I guess I'll stick to the 'classic' procedure and boot in single user to do the merging things. I never bother with mergemaster if it's just a point release. These usually just involve small patches. No-one is going to

Upgrading in the same RELENG without shutdown ?

2006-10-16 Thread bsd
Hello, I have CVS-UP configured to follow RELENG_5_4 I was wondering if there is a way to patch (upgrading from 5.4- RELEASE-p8 to a higher version) my system without going into the classic : # make -j4 buildworld # make -j4 buildkernel # make -j4 installkernel # shutdown now And booting

Re: Upgrading in the same RELENG without shutdown ?

2006-10-16 Thread Jonathan Horne
Hello, I have CVS-UP configured to follow RELENG_5_4 I was wondering if there is a way to patch (upgrading from 5.4- RELEASE-p8 to a higher version) my system without going into the classic : # make -j4 buildworld # make -j4 buildkernel # make -j4 installkernel # shutdown now And

Re: Upgrading in the same RELENG without shutdown ?

2006-10-16 Thread david coder
i save myself some time by removing files from subdirectories of /etc whose contents i never modify, using the -i option to mergemaster the 2nd time. you might (or might not) find the following scripts useful, edited to meet your needs (the 2nd is obviously intended to be run in single-user): #

Re: Upgrading in the same RELENG without shutdown ?

2006-10-16 Thread bsd
From what I have read so far I guess I'll stick to the 'classic' procedure and boot in single user to do the merging things. A little trip to my Data Center // Thanks. Le 16 oct. 06 à 20:01, david coder a écrit : i save myself some time by removing files from subdirectories of / etc whose

Re: Upgrading in the same RELENG without shutdown ?

2006-10-16 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to patch (upgrading from 5.4- RELEASE-p8 to a higher version) my system without going into the classic : Considering that the system is like 10,000 km away,I cannot pay it a visit when I need to boot to single mode. So, I doeverything in multi user