5.3->5.4 upgrade method

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Thu May 26 13:37:04 PDT 2005


On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 03:41:38PM -0400, Louis LeBlanc wrote:
> Ok, I've settled on upgrading to 5.4 (from 5.4 RELEASE) but I can't
> find an explicit statement that performing such an upgrade with
> cvsup/buildworld/buildkernel, etc. would be ok.  No kernel config
> gotchas mentioned either.  Of course it seems implied that this would
> be a perfectly fine way to do the upgrade.
> 
> Has anyone else used this upgrade method going from 5.3 to 5.4?
> Any caveats on the kernel config?

Yes, it's fine as long as you precisely follow the upgrade method (see
handbook and UPDATING).

Kris

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