On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:00:23 -0600 Tim Daneliuk <tun...@tundraware.com> wrote:
> When migrating from 6.x to 7.x and to do system refreshes within a > given release branch, I did/do this: > > - Get sources > - mergemaster -i > - make buildworld buildkernel I'm pretty sure you are supposed to install the kernel here and then reboot into single user mode. Typically you can skip this kind of thing but I wouldn't push my luck on a major upgrade > - go single user > - make installworld installkernel > - reboot > I now wish to do the same to get to the 8.x branch, BUT ... somewhere > on USENET, someone commented that you have to also reinstall/rebuild > all the packages/ports when you do this. This was news to me. Is > there some reason the entire application base has to be reinstalled > when moving to a new branch? If so, has this always been the case or > is it new for 8.x? My 6.x -> 7.x upgrade went flawlessly using the > method above without touching the ports/packages tree. It's prudent to do it. When you cross a major boundary your packages will be linked to obsolete libraries that have been left behind until you do a make delete-old-libs or make delete-old. They will continue to work but may develop security problems, or conflicts as you update piecemeal _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
