Re: Upgrading from old version (13.0-RELEASE-p4)

From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 07:37:45 UTC
On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 5:20 AM Eduardo Lemos de Sa <
eduardo.lemosdesa@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Johan
>
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 11:40 AM Johan Helsingius <julf@julf.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I have a couple of servers (amd64) that have been turned off for
>> quite a while that I now need to reactivate. They are still running
>> 13.0-RELEASE-p4, and when I try to update, I get "No mirrors
>> remaining, giving up".
>>
>> Is there any way to upgrade without having to do a full reinstall?
>>
>>
>>         Julf
>>
>>
>>
> My suggestion is:
>
> 1) remove all files under /usr/src (including .git etc)
> 2) git clone --branch releng/13.2 https://git.FreeBSD.org/src.git
> /usr/src (as described in handbook)
> 3) cd /usr/src
> 4) make -j xx buildworld
> 5) make -j xx buildkernel
> 6) install them & reboot
>
> For future upgrades, I suggest:
> cd /usr/src
> git pull
> followed by steps 4, 5, and so on...
>
> My best wishes
>

This procedure will change the version from RELEASE to STABLE. I don't
think that is what the OP wants.

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