freebsd stable - Apr 2005 - updating from 5.2.1 to RELENG_5

As per subject, I need to do this urgently, but with minimum downtime.
Will it be ok just to cvsup, rebuild kernel and world, mergemaster,
(etc) like any normal update? Or do I have to do a reinstall? Any help
appreciated.

Regards,
Philip Brennan

* Phil Brennan <phil.brennan@gmail.com> [20050401
12:19]:
> Will it be ok just to cvsup, rebuild kernel and world, mergemaster,
> (etc) like any normal update? Or do I have to do a reinstall?
Read UPDATING (all of it).
Read UPDATING (all of it).

Did you notice the 20041001 entry? You should be able to use libmap.conf
to work around it until you recompile all your ports.

qvb
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On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 11:20:09AM +0100, Phil Brennan
wrote:
> As per subject, I need to do this urgently, but with minimum downtime.
> Will it be ok just to cvsup, rebuild kernel and world, mergemaster,
> (etc) like any normal update? Or do I have to do a reinstall? Any help
> appreciated.
There were some problems with this particular upgrade (though I've
forgotten if it all took place after 5.3BETA7 or even before that. 

Also, many of the issues were in ports rather than base system, having
to do with some updates to gcc and libpthreads.   

I have a page where I mentioned this towards the bottom at 

http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/cvsup.html


(the page is dated, but it does cover that particular upgrade, which is
one reason I leave it up.)

You also might want to take a look around Freebsdforums.org, there were
a few threads on it.


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