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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to upgrade 2.1.5 to 2.1.7?
Date: 10 Mar 1997 17:18:25 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <01bc2d71$e251d760$550b93cd@home.netlinxstudios.com>,
"Henry Stapp" <hstapp@redchannel.com> writes:
> Hi All,
>
> Forgive me if this is a dumb question but.... Is there a way to upgrade
> from 2.1.5 to 2.1.7 without having to rebuild your entire system? I've got
> a lot of config files and other stuff that it took me days to set up, and
> I'd like to be able to just upgrade the existing system without starting
> from scratch.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Henry Stapp
There's an upgrade option at install time. It essentially overwrites
the existing system, and attempts to merge /etc. You'll end up with
about 10 files that you'll need to merge manually (things like sendmail.cf
etc).
If you go for this option and have /usr/src installed, I'd suggest moving
or removing it before doing the upgrade. The upgrade doesn't remove
old files. This may cause problems with the new way that the contrib
sources are built.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !