On 2014-08-31 22:38, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 8:37 PM, olli hauer <oha...@gmx.de> wrote: >> >> Hm, do you mean update with subversion to 8.4-stable or 8.4-current? > > Yes, and 8.4-stable. There is no 8.4-current. > >> Unless you have a non default kernel there is no need to rebuild to get >> 8.4-stable, just run `freebsd-update fetch install' without '-r ...' and you >> are done. > > Ok. Old habits came into play; I've always updated my FreeBSD systems > via source. It is that freebsd-update which is new to me... > > >> Rebuilding the system from source can break freebsd-update specially if >> build with custom optimizations (-O...) > > Noted. In my case, using freebsd-update was only to get out of the > "ports tree suddenly not supported" situation I got into. > >> Anyway good to hear you managed to get your system to a supported release. > > Yes. :) >
If you have the time / resources setup a small test jail/vm with an older release to play with freebsd-update try it out. In case there is a security update or other fix for stable freebsd-update will lift your system with one or two commands to the new stable version. freebsd-update updates not only the OS but also /usr/src Once you've done that you will love it. PS: After using freebsd-update the directory "/var/db/freebsd-update" and your system is running stable you can cleanup everything inside "/var/db/freebsd-update" to save some space. -- olli _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"