Upgrading 5.0 -> 5.1

Bill Moran wmoran at potentialtech.com
Thu Jun 12 08:05:44 PDT 2003


Andrew Robinson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to figure out what options I have for upgrading from 5.0 to 5.1.  
> Can I just use csvup to change my local copy of the source code, and 
> recompile?  Ie do the same steps that I've done to upgrade after security 
> announcements?  Would that just entail editing my standard-supfile to replace
> 
> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_0
> 
> with
> 
> *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_1
> 
> and running csvsup, then compiling a new kernel?

I did those exact steps when 5.1 was first released and it built with no
problems (I'm using it right now).

I guess that's a confirmation, huh?

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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