upgrade questions 4.10 -> 5-stable

[Dariusz Kulinski]

Hello Bruce,

Monday, September 20, 2004, 9:10:17 PM, you wrote:

> If memory serves me right, Marcus Grando wrote:
>> FreeBSD 5.3-BETA Migration Guide:
>> http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/pub/article.html
> I actually should take this down since I've revised it since and
> committed it to FreeBSD CVS (it replaces the Early Adopters Guide on
> the RELENG_5 branch).
> Hmmm...I'm not sure if there are any automatically generated copies on
> the main FreeBSD Web site, but a more permanent location than the
> above is:
> http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/relnotes/
> Look for the "5-CURRENT/5-STABLE" section, find the Migration Guide
> just under that.

It's nice guide, but I personally think there few important thing stat
are missing (and I was trying to found answer, but without luck):
- what directories, should be especially backed up and restored after
  upgrade, I know /etc /usr/local/etc, /var/mail /var/cron /var/db
  what else?
- how to upgrade config files while while doing source upgrade, is it
  possible to use mergemaster, what are recommended steps?
  Overwrite all the new files and run mergemaster or there is better
  way?
- some other stuff that I just forgot

Basically I would like make the migration flawlessly, and in shortest
time possible.

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