[Fwd: Re: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE]

[Manolis Kiagias]

Akenner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've continued reading to keep myself updated with info used, and I 
> have a few questions about what I've seen about freebsd-update:
>
> I've read not to use FreeBSD-update AND cvsup together, and so I've 
> decided to go along with this as to not cause problems for myself.
>
> Does FreeBSD-update have any benefit over the cvsup method? I've heard 
> you don't have to go single user and a few other things, but does it 
> have any actual benefit?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Allen

You don't have to recompile  anything (can be lengthy esp. on older 
machines), the mergemaster step is usually a lot simpler and less 
tedious. Very useful for people tracking RELEASE and the security 
branch. You still need csup / cvsup to track STABLE or CURRENT though.