freebsd stable - Sep 2005 - who has experience about updating freebsd from 4.11 to 5.x

Hi, all:
 I update my freebsd ver 4.11 by cvsup src-all tree.
 It's successfully as below:
     make buildworld 
     make buildkernel
     make installkernel
But some errors appear when i make installworld:

liguoqiang(126) wrote:
>Hi, all:
> I update my freebsd ver 4.11 by cvsup src-all tree.
> It's successfully as below:
>     make buildworld 
>     make buildkernel
>     make installkernel
>But some errors appear when i make installworld:
>  
>
Have you tried running 'mergemaster -p' before the installworld?

Cheers,

Mathijs

Quoting "liguoqiang\(126\)" <liguoqiang_0121@126.com>:
> Hi, all:
> I update my freebsd ver 4.11 by cvsup src-all tree.
> It's successfully as below:
>     make buildworld
>     make buildkernel
>     make installkernel
> But some errors appear when i make installworld:
>
It has been my experience that updating from one full version to 
another (3.x to
4.x, 4.x to 5.x) is better done by doing a clean binary install of the next
version, then import/install software and users on the new system.
I understand that this is not always an option, but I have had less problems
this way than cvsup across full versions.

Jeff Love
Burgh Gaming


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Hi!
>  I update my freebsd ver 4.11 by cvsup src-all tree.
>  It's successfully as below:
>      make buildworld 
>      make buildkernel
>      make installkernel
> But some errors appear when i make installworld:
Our process for this type of upgrade is:

cd /usr/src
cvsup -L 2 -g /root/stable-supfile
# anlegen der neu notwendigen accounts
mergemaster -p
make buildworld; make buildkernel
cp sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.hints /boot/device.hints
make installkernel
cd /usr/src/sys/boot
make STRIP="" install
shutdown -r now
# reboot into single-user
boot -s
fsck -p
mount -uw /
mount -at ufs
# if system clock is localtime instead of UTC:
adjkerntz -i
rm -rf /usr/include/g++
cd /usr/src
make installworld
mergemaster -i
# remove leftovers from bind8
rm /usr/bin/dnskeygen /usr/bin/dnsquery
rm /usr/libexec/named-xfer
rm /usr/sbin/named.restart /usr/sbin/ndc
rm /usr/sbin/nslookup /usr/sbin/nsupdate
# done, reboot
shutdown -r now

Works fine.

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Hello,

Read also http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/migration-guide.html

Best Regards
Bj?rn