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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: help with upgrading freebsd, please help
Date: 6 Jul 1997 16:19:54 GMT
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anon5f6b@nyx.net wrote:

> I have to rebuild the kernel and I am not too familiar
> with how the rest of the stuff will get rebuilt, meaning all
> of the non-kernel binaries, etc. ?

``make world'', but you gotta take care for /etc yourself.  This
shouldn't be a big problem for the 2.2.something system, but will
require some handwork for the 2.1.x upgrade.

> Is there a single tar file for all the sources ?

Nope, they are split.  Pick the entire `src' distribution subdir.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)