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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Any suggestions on upgrade 2.0R -> 2.0.5R
Date: 12 Jun 1995 13:58:57 +0200
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Robbert Hofman <rob@pell.anu.edu.au> wrote:
>Does anyone have any suggestions on an upgrade path from 2.0R to 2.0.5R.
...
>Can I just install the srcdist and the source from the extras like secrdist,
>compat2, etc. and just do a "make World"? Or am I stuck with doing a complete
>reload?
It should work, but nobody would like to guarantee it. :)
On the other hand, back up your /etc, /usr/home and /usr/local, and
re-install from scratch. I did this for upgrading from 2.0R to one of
the SNAP's (since then i'm keeping up with -current), and it was less
than 6 hours to get everything up well, including SLIP, UUCP and mail.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)