upgrading 4.8 to 4.9 question....

[paul van den bergen]

Hi All,

I'm tempted to upgrade some machines in my test network to 4.9 from 4.8 (since 
the new KAME snap kits are configured to 4.9 over 4.8 now and if I want to be 
fashionable and bleedy, I'd better keep updated) and so I am wondering what 
the best way to do this is and anypitfalls...

OK, here is what I think I should do...

cvsup the source tree to 4.9
make world

cvsup the ports tree


um... and that's where I come unstuck...

is there a method (other than de-installing all pkgs and reisntalling) to 
upgrade the ports or packages appropriately from 4.8 to 4.9?


I guess there is a gap in my knowledge here about how the freebsd software 
"state" changes...  e.g. how does one avoid clashes and incompatabilities in 
a large complex collection of software that is continually changing?



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Dr Paul van den Bergen
Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures
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