Release of 10.0-RELEASE is close.

[Simba7]

And let the downloading... BEGIN!

 

[khoinguyen216]

Downloaded and upgraded. But kde4 could not be installed from pkg repo due to x11/kde4-workspace missing. Be careful!

 

[neel]

I'm already running 10. In fact, I'm posting this from 10-RELEASE, although I do miss ports-mgmt/pkg_rmleaves.

FreeBSD megan 10.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE #0 r260829: Fri Jan 17 13:23:36 EST 2014     neel@megan:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

 

[khoinguyen216]

@Neel: were you able to install xorg-server? From pkg, I meant.

 

[scottro]

@Neel: were you able to install xorg-server? From pkg, I meant.

As of this evening (around 18:00 EST), I wasn't able to install xorg-server with pkg install.

That is, I received the error that pkg was unable to find it.

 

[Simba7]

Also, be careful with certain systems. I tried installing FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE on a Compaq ML370G1 and the bootloader is doing something to the system. Upon reboot, it just sits there like a dead system until you pull the power cable, yank the battery, wait 10 seconds, put the battery back in, plug it back in, and fire it up.

Unfortunately, it's like this EVERY reboot. I might have to see if I can downgrade the bootloader and see what happens.

 

[kpa]

The ftp install sets for 10.0-RELEASE are on the ftp mirrors now. I just used the finnish ftp mirror at ftp://ftp.fi.freebsd.org for creating a jail for my ports-mgmt/poudriere build system. No more need to build my own releases for just that.

 

[jrm@]

I'm already running 10. In fact, I'm posting this from 10-RELEASE, although I do miss ports-mgmt/pkg_rmleaves.

Maybe ports-mgmt/pkg_cutleaves or pkg autoremove are what you are looking for.

 

[ph0enix]

It's out. I just upgraded to it.

How did you do that? Did you compile the entire system yourself? :O

Yes, it's not that difficult.

 

[kpa]

It's out. I just upgraded to it.

How did you do that? Did you compile the entire system yourself? :O

Yes, it's not that difficult.

Yes, it's a well documented procedure that isn't hard at all once you grasp the essentials. The build(7) manual page is one source of information and then there's the handbook that shows the steps in detail:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html

 

[ph0enix]

Yes, it's a well documented procedure that isn't hard at all once you grasp the essentials. The build(7) manual page is one source of information and then there's the handbook that shows the steps in detail:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html

Thanks for the link, kpa! I should have included it.
Bottom line: if you can follow a set of directions, you should be able to compile a FreeBSD system.
If you happen to run into a problem, post your questions in the installation and upgrade forum.

 

[scottro]

I'm going to recommend @wblock's guide as well. It gives the short version, so to speak, of upgrading from source.

http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/htm ... world.html

Also, if you're already running 10-RC5, you can use the builtin svnlite to grab the source, rather than having to first install subversion. For example, to get the source from a source close to where I live

svnlite co https://svn0.us-east.freebsd.org/base/releng/10.0 /usr/src

 

[xy16644]

I really like the tutorial at BSD Now:

Tracking -STABLE and -CURRENT (FreeBSD)

Is 10.0-STABLE available yet?

 

[Beastie]

It has been officially announced!

 

[ahhyes]

@Neel: were you able to install xorg-server? From pkg, I meant.

No good for me. Same with KDE.