Re: updating from 6.3 to 7, mirror problems

["Steven Susbauer" <stupendoussteve_(_at_)_hotmail_(_dot_)_com>]

(-K JohnNy wrote:
> > Ok I see. How do I update from 6.3 STABLE to 7.0 STABLE ? I imagine there
> > is a tool for that? Short of down loading the iso files and doing it from
> > discs.
>
> Don't know if there is a tool for this, but the usual way is to make a
> RELENG-7 supfile, csup the 7-STABLE sources  and build them. More on
> this subject in the handbook.
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html
>
> > Thanks for your patience!!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Alasdair
This is correct. The tool freebsd-update may be used to update between
releases (and release candidates) with binaries, but not between the
development trees.

  -Steve


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