7.2-STABLE to 8-R

[Manolis Kiagias]

John wrote:
> Hello list
>
> I've looked high and low for a howto/link showing how to update to 8, to
> no avail. Is it just a case of the regular buildworld process or are
> there gotchas because we are crossing major version numbers.
>
>   
You can go the source way or the 'freebsd-update' way. Either way, you
will have to rebuild all ports.
Detailed instructions are in the Handbook:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html

(see 24.2.3)