System upgrade questions

Miguel Saturnino mags at oniduo.pt
Sat Nov 26 21:54:41 GMT 2005


Hi Daniel,

On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 18:51 +0100, Daniel Gerzo wrote:
> > I think I have two options: 
> >       * downgrade the sources to RELENG_5_3 with CVSup (replacing
> >         RELENG_5 with RELENG_5_3 in the supfile) and build a new
> FreeBSD
> >         5.3 kernel
> > or 
> >       * rebuild "world" to have a FreeBSD 5.4 base system and kernel
> > correct?
> 
> > If I opt for the second option, should I rebuild "world" everytime
> > there's a version bump in FreeBSD?
> 
> I think you should go for the second option.
> 
> yes - you should rebuild world everytime, untill you exactly know what
> has been changed in sources. 

Thanks for your answer!

Best regards,
Miguel



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