Re: Upgrading 1.2 to 1.4

[Erik Wikström <erik-wikstrom@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2006-04-16 21:19, huub wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is the easiest way to upgrade from 1.2 to 1.4? I've burned the 1.4 
> iso, but that only installs the system. Can I only do cvsup on the 
> kernel and portstree?

You should be able to use cvsup and pull the latest source and just 
compile and install. However read the UPDATING-file in /usr/src first.

One important thing to notice is the fact that DragonFly no longer 
supports ports for third-party application, since 1.4 NetBSD's pkgsrc is 
used. This probably means that all your current installed ports will 
cease to function (someone correct me if I'm wrong) and you should 
uninstall them before upgrading and then install the pkgsrc-version 
(might want to check so these packages are available).

For more info about pkgsrc check out this howto:
http://wiki.dragonflybsd.org/index.php/Set_up_and_use_pkgsrc

Erik Wikström
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