On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 09:09:37PM +0100, Jose Garcia Juanino wrote: > Hi everybody > > Actually, I do the following in order to update from 6.3 to 7.0: > > 1) dump my actual 6.3 filesystems /, /var and /usr into three new > ones: /rel70, /rel70/usr and /rel70/var (I use the dump command, of > course) > > 2) chroot /rel70 and mergemaster -p + buildkernel + buildworld + > installkernel + installworld + mergemaster -i and such stuff > > 3) Inside the chroot, rebuild the ports > > 4) Reboot the new release > > > Will I go into problems following this approach? The step 3) is the most > dangerous, I believe, as I have executing 7.0 commands on a 6.3 kernel > (even though only for compilation).
Not only that, many ports have some tweaks dependent on OSVERSION; some have it ingrained into their configure shims. Personally, I got into a situation where I had to run 7.0 world on 6.3 kernel. Nothing bad happened, but I rebooted with a new kernel as soon as I could. All in all, I'd say you have a good chance to succeed, especially if you have your fingers crossed :) You won't be on the safe side, though. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
