updating issues

[Chris]

Rail mail wrote:
> I have compiled kernel and now want to find easiest, safest way to
> upgrade a production machine.
> 
> I'm trying to make a decision on to either A just always do a cvsup
> with RELENG_5_X and make world or B try to pull something together
> with freebsd-update.
> 
> of course freebsd-update 1.4 gets upset since files were modified, due
> to src update and compile.

I could be wrong but I thought the whole idea of FreeBSDUpdate is NOT to 
mess with the source. I always thought that the before mentioned 
updeated only the binaries.

That being said, and if you did tamper with the source - then cvsup (to 
me) is the proper course of action.

-- 
Best regards,
Chris

Real programmers can do octal, hexadecimal and
binary math in their heads.