Re: Upgrade problem (1.2.x --> 1.3.x)

[Sascha Wildner <saw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:

> 	in there you will find (among other things)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> To upgrade a DragonFly system from sources you run the following sequence:
>
>    cd /usr/src
>    make buildworld
>    make buildkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
>    make installkernel KERNCONF=<KERNELNAME>
>    make installworld
>
> You will also want to run the 'upgrade' target to upgrade your /etc.  The
> upgrade target is aware of stale files created by older DragonFly
> installations and should delete them automatically.

UPDATING is slightly wrong there since 'make upgrade' will try to delete 
all stale files (not only in /etc).


> 	Personally I think there really should be a 'reboot to single
> user mode' instruction between installkernel and installworld.

You will be told to reboot before installworld if necessary (see 
original posting). Not to single user mode, though.

Sascha