upgrade from 6.1-RELEASE to 6.3-RELEASE

[Roberto Nunnari]

Good! Thank you guys for your quick answer.

Best regards.
Robi


Matthew Seaman wrote:
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> Roberto Nunnari wrote:
> | Hello list.
> | | I'm about to upgrade from 6.1-RELEASE to 6.3-RELEASE
> | from source and I'd like to ask a couple of questions.
> | | 1) Do the system interface change? That is, will I have to
> | recompile all ports after upgrading?
> 
> No -- the rule is this isn't necessary for updates within the same
> major branch.  In the past, there have been occasional excursions from
> that ideal but not AFAIR in any of the 5.x, 6.x or 7.x release series.
> 
> | 2) Any gotcha, hints or things to be aware of?
> 
> Nothing that I can recall -- this update worked very smoothly just by
> cvsup'ing to the appropriate tag and going through the usual buildworld
> cycle. 
> | Of course, as usual I'll take full backups before beginning
> | the upgrade..
> 
> Always wise.
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>     Matthew
> 
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