Upgrading 8.3-RELEASE-p4 to 9.1-RELEASE using subversion.

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frijsdijk

Hi,

Just wanted to verify that I'm doing things correctly. Since we're not supposed to use c(v)sup anymore, I checked the docs and followed instructions for using subversion to get the source tree, and build FreeBSD from that.

I know that I'd be able to use freebsd-update, but when jumping versions like this (7.x -> 8.x, 8.x -> 9.x) I still prefer mergemaster.

So, my current machine is running 8.3-RELEASE-p4, and I'd like to upgrade it to 9.1-RELEASE.

I did:

Code: 
pkg install -y subversion (I've built my own repositories with poudriere)
cd /usr/src
rm -rf *
svn checkout http://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org/base/releng/9.1 /usr/src
make buildworld
make buildkernel
... and so on

And later on I'd be able to update /usr/src with the command:

Code: 
svn update /usr/src

Is that correct?

I'm pulling the code to NL. I was wondering, aren't there any mirrors more close by? Could not find any on http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/svn-mirrors.html
 
it seems correct to me, since I used this method on VMs for sometimes, never encountered problems.
 
Your procedure is correct. I would add a couple of steps though:

Optionally use https protocol with svn(1):

# svn checkout [url]https://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org/base/releng/9.1[/url] /usr/src

You will be asked if you trust the self-signed certificate, answer yes.

Remove /usr/obj/* before compiling world and kernel:
# rm -rf /usr/obj/*
 
frijsdijk said:
Code: 
pkg install -y subversion (I've built my own repositories with poudriere)
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Nice!

Code: 
cd /usr/src
rm -rf *
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Don't use rm -rf unqualified. It can go very, very wrong way too easily. Always qualify it: rm -rf /usr/src

Code: 
svn checkout http://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org/base/releng/9.1 /usr/src
make buildworld
make buildkernel
... and so on

And later on I'd be able to update /usr/src with the command:

Code: 
svn update /usr/src

Is that correct?

I'm pulling the code to NL. I was wondering, aren't there any mirrors more close by? Could not find any on http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/svn-mirrors.html
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Yes, that's the correct procedure. As kpa notes, HTTPS is the preferred protocol. There are no other SVN mirrors yet, as far as I know.
 
frijsdijk said:
Thanks. What can be the consequence of not clearing /usr/obj first, btw?
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When going to a higher major version the directory structure of /usr/obj may have changed and if you happen to have some old files there the compilation may fail because make(1) does not pick up correct dependencies.
 
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