On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 07:04:43AM -0700, Jason C. Wells wrote: > Jason Slack wrote: >> I want to try version 7 as it has items of interest to me, but I am not >> one >> to continually wipe and reload my machine, can you upgrade from the test >> releases of 7 available now to the final release when ready? Or do you >> have >> to wipe? >> > You can easily upgrade from 7.0-BETA to 7.0-RELEASE without erasing your > drive. Historically, FreeBSD has always been upgradeable even through > major releases, 4 to 5, 5 to 6. Sometimes that has been more painful than > others. Upgrading within a major release, 6.1 to 6.2, has always been > pretty easy.
Remember to remove old files and libraries with `make delete-old' and `make delete-old-libs' as explained in /usr/src/Makefile. It is advisable to remove and install your ports from scratch when upgrading to a new major version, because the automatic port updating tools don't always do this correctly. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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