Fwd: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)

Bryan Curl bc3910 at gmail.com
Tue May 9 18:34:01 UTC 2006


John,
Sorry I think I sent this direct only.... this is being sent to list.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bryan Curl <bc3910 at gmail.com>
Date: May 9, 2006 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup)
To: john at cruzweb.net

I found this tutorial very helpfull on my first upgrade.

http://www.taosecurity.com/keeping_freebsd_applications_up-to-date.html

But I must warn you that this process can take hours-days to complete after
compiling the entire system from source code and installing, depending of
course on how big your setup is and how fast your box is.

On the other hand, a two hour download and a week of configuring can be just
as grueling.

Your choice.


On 5/9/06, John Cruz <cruzweb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before and all
> the documentation is confusing as can be. Would it be easier to download
> the install mediums and do an upgrade install or is cvsup the better
> way? if so how do I go about it? the hanbook page on this is somewhat
> confusing, which is why i'm resorting to posts.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
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