Upgrading 9.1-BETA1 -> 9.1-RC1

[Jamie Paul Griffin]

[ Thomas Mueller wrote on Sat 25.Aug'12 at  2:51:38 -0400 ]

> from Maarten Billemont <lhunath at lyndir.com>:
> 
> > I've installed a FreeBSD server using the BETA1 release because RC1 was delayed.  I notice the 9.1-RC1 is available now, so I thought I'd upgrade ASAP.
> 
> > The following command, however, fails me:
> 
> > freebsd-update -r 9.1-RC1 upgrade
> > Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
> > Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-BETA1 from update4.FreeBSD.org... failed.
> > Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-BETA1 from update3.FreeBSD.org... failed.
> > Fetching metadata signature for 9.1-BETA1 from update5.FreeBSD.org... failed.
> > No mirrors remaining, giving up.
> 
> > Upon inspection of the code, it appears BETA1's ssl.pub cannot be found at any of the mirrors, and as such the process aborts.
> 
> > The release notes for RC1 specifically mention freebsd-update.
> 
> > How do I perform a correct update to RC1, and why is the freebsd-update flow failing me or not supported?
> 
> > Thanks!
> 
> I believe freebsd-update only works, to and from, on supported releases; this would not include betas.
> 
> Tom

I built it from sources yesterday using the stable-supfile and csup. I've had no issues using that method. It took a heck of a long time to compile world though, ~2-3 hours in single user mode with -j5 option to make(1)