About Freebsd 7.0 versus 6.3
Chris
chrcoluk at gmail.com
Wed Nov 21 10:34:28 PST 2007
On 08/11/2007, Roland Smith <rsmith at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 02:48:47PM -0300, Mario Lobo wrote:
>
> > Concerning this, I've "cvsuping" to 6-CURRENT on a dual-core desktop. The
> > system is running well, but I'd really like to move up to 7. Can it be done
> > through cvsup from 6.2-STABLE to 7-CURRENT or is it "wiser" to install from
> > scratch? any upgrade gotchas/procedure ?
>
> It _can_ be done. (I've done it).
>
> First, make a list of all your ports (portmaster -L works fine for
> that). Then csup to RELENG_7. Then follow the instructions from
> /usr/src/Makefile (the bit about 'upgrade their source'). I've outlined
> the process below, with my own additions marked with lowercase letters
>
>
> a. Make backups
> b. Read /usr/src/UPDATING
> 1. `cd /usr/src' (or to the directory containing your source tree).
> 2. `make buildworld'
> 3. `make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC).
> 4. `make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE' (default is GENERIC).
> [steps 3. & 4. can be combined by using the "kernel" target]
> 5. `reboot' (in single user mode: boot -s from the loader prompt).
> 6. `mergemaster -p'
> 7. `make installworld'
> 8. `make delete-old'
> 9. `mergemaster'
> 10. `reboot'
> c. `pkg_delete -a' (delete all your ports)
> 11. `make delete-old-libs' (in case no 3rd party program uses them anymore)
> d. Reinstall all root and leaf ports. Dependencies will then be
> installed automatically.
>
> Roland
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Interesting so I learnt 2 things here csup exists so no need to
install cvsup and I should run 'make delete-old-libs' . Basically I
have done the following.
1 - upgraded world and kernel, mergemaster etc.
2 - reinstalled all ports portupgrade -af
3 - installed compat6x
I have not ran 'make delete-old-libs'
I thought the old libs were removed because after I booted up into the
7.0 world alot of ports didnt work as libs they linked to were missing
so had to be recompiled anyway to even run.
Do I run 'make delete-old-libs' in /usr/src ?
Chris
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