On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 05:38:26PM +1300, Richard Shea wrote: > Hi - For the first time ever I have tried to upgrade a FreeBSD by using > CVS. In fact I used CVSUPIT. I'm on 4.4-RELEASE and I just wanted to move > up to 4.5,6 or 7. > > Well I answered a few questions, pressed the button and the process > commenced 'checking out' hundreds of files. I thought this was a bit > suprising given I thought the whole point of CVS was to only pull those > files which had changed - it just seemed to be pulling everying ! Anyway > I had to CTRL-C it after a while as the file system had gone to 105%. > The tag you have used will download the latest Stable release, i.e. everything up to a few hours ago post 4.7 release .. a squillion files.
To get upto 4.5 release I think you will need a tag of RELENG_4_5_0_RELEASE After that change this to "RELENG_4_5" which should start to get you the security updates when you again run cvsupit. -And -ditto- to go up the release chain... The src for 4.7 takes about 300 MB. Then you need space for the object files .. say >300 I am not sure about the ports collection, a couple of hundred maybe. Docs ? It's all online, so you could leave them out if you are really tight on space. I have never upgraded this way, so the chance of success of using the above to jump from 4.4 to 4.7 in one bound is not something I could comment on. Good luck :) -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
