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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!newsfeed.dacom.co.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!newsfeed.kreonet.re.kr!overload.lbl.gov!agate!nntpfeed.doc.ic.ac.uk!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!news.ox.ac.uk!news From: Neil Long <neil.long@materials.oxford.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: 2.2 upgrades Date: 3 Jan 1997 18:38:59 GMT Organization: Department of Materials, University of Oxford Lines: 26 Message-ID: <5ajjo3$22v@news.ox.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: njl2.materials.ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33570 Hi We use 2.1.x in the main but I always like trying the not quite latest and current is a bit too time consuming to follow (fascinating mail-list though). I started with the 2.2 SNAP last October, tried ALPHA and now BETA. Apart from a fresh install is there a way to get a clean 'upgrade' between the releases. The upgrade option in sysinstall doesn't upgrade the /stand components so the package add is still hunting for the now non-existent SNAP release tree. (As a side effect the BETA release got as far as bootcrunch and then died but I was able to recover the /etc files and copy the kernel over.) All seemed fine but how do I tidy up the /stand/sysinstall components or databases? I will probably do a fresh install when RELEASE is out but was just curious about the best approach for upgrades, I am obviously missing something but didn't get any paydirt from the release notes, etc. The upgrade option is obviously aimed at earlier releases but mostly works well enough. Many thanks Neil -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Neil J Long, Department of Materials, University of Oxford * Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK * EMail: Neil.Long@materials.oxford.ac.uk * Tel: +44 (0)1865-273678 Fax: +44 (0)1865-273789