Making FreeBSD 5.4-Release to FreeBSD 5.4-stable

Michael C. Shultz ringworm01 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 17 10:23:48 PDT 2005


On Monday 17 October 2005 10:06, Deepak Naidu wrote:
> I have been to the below link
>
> ftp://snapshots.jp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386/
>
> I cant understand that should I just copy and them in my FreeBSD 5.4 or
> waht to do.. I have also been in
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html
>
> even then I cant understand, should I use cvsup with that relaseor stable
> tag, there after should I recompile my kernel or rebuild, thats the reason
> Iam asking, ist not that I am not taking effort but its not put in easy
> way...

With a little information it is so much easier to help you :)

here is a sample cvsup file that will get you 5_STABLE

*default host=cvsup6.FreeBSD.org
*default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup
*default prefix=/usr
*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5
*default delete use-rel-suffix
src-all

in /etc/make.conf you need a line that points
to the above file, here is the one in mine:

SUPFILE=        /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile

I recomend you install sysutils/fastest_cvsup
then add this to /etc/make.conf as well:

SUPHOST=        `/usr/local/bin/fastest_cvsup -Qc us`

The above will automatically cycle through the cvservers untill
it finds one that is available when you run cvsup

then cd /usr/src and run "make update" this will get you the 
5_STABLE sources. From that point read carefully

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
section 20.4.1 The Canonical Way to Update Your System

Because this is your first time you should expect to loose everything on your
system and have taken appropriate precautions ie backing up anything
you cant live without.

-Mike

>
> If you can help me that would be nice, else no worries :)
>
> Cheers,
> Deepak Naidu
>
>
> "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Monday 17 October 2005 08:57, you wrote:
> > I have tried nothing, so thats the reason I have posted here.
>
> My recomendation is you make some effort to help yourself,
> then if you get stuck try asking again and do provide details
> of what you have tried.
>
> -Mike
>
> > "Michael C. Shultz" wrote:On Monday 17 October 2005
>
> 04:57, Deepak Naidu wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I how can I convert upgarde my FreeBSD 5.4-Relase to FreeBSD
> > > 5.4-Stable. I read the handbook, but things goes bouncer from my head.
> > >
> > > Can some one put in simple and exact steps.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Deepak Naidu
> >
> > What have you tried so far?
> >
> > -Mike
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