cvs commit: src/etc freebsd-update.conf src/share/man/man5 freebsd-update.conf.5 src/usr.sbin/freebsd-update freebsd-update.8 freebsd-update.sh

[Colin Percival]

Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> So, let's say you have a 6.2 box (predating this change) and want to
> update to 6.3, what would the procedure be?  Install a newer
> freebsd-update from ports?  Or will the newer freebsd-update be
> distributed as a binary update for older releases?

The updated freebsd-update script can be downloaded from my web
server on pre-{6.3-RC1, 7.0-BETA3} systems, as I explain in the
instructions I provided on using freebsd-update to perform such
upgrades:

http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-10-freebsd-minor-version-upgrade.html
http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-11-freebsd-major-version-upgrade.html

My understanding is that the upcoming release announcements will
point to these instructions (just like the 6.2-RELEASE announcement
pointed to my 6.1-to-6.2 upgrade script).

Colin Percival