On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 02:31:34PM -0700, Roger Neth Jr wrote: > Hello List, > > Thought I would try an upgrade to the 3.7 maildroid. So far upgraded > 3.7>3.8>3.9 from CD > > Followed the upgrade FAQ and couldn't figure out the > cd / > patch -C -p0 < upgrade39.patch > > Where is this located? I looked in the ftp patches directory and there > weren't any patches in 3.9 > There were a couple of patches in 3.8 and could not figure out how to make > a file called upgrade38.patch
See http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade39.patch; this is linked from the upgrade page, http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade39.html. Quite a few people prefer mergemaster; this is in ports. > Did the upgrade from 3.8 to 3.9 remove the need to apply any previous > patches? You still need to apply configuration updates (upgrade38.patch). You do not need to apply source patches (such as those you found on the FTP server), or at least not before you reach 3.9 - you *will* have to apply post-3.9 patches, or follow -stable, if you want to have a secure system. The sendmail patch might be especially relevant. > Also tried the # pkg_add -ui -F update -F updatedepends > > A bunch of packages could not be updated and I guess these would have to be > updated by hand from the orgs. What you did, *should* work, presuming PKG_PATH is set correctly and so on. Then again, I am not sure with pre-3.8 systems. Watch for hidden problems when deleting packages; notably, postfix restores sendmail as the default mailer, which makes sense but is very annoying when upgrading. (You don't have postfix installed, but might have other such packages.) > Found this in the dmesg "apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown" and wonder > if this is in the kernel and could be disabled or no need to bother. Just > wondering as this is not a laptop. You could disable this, though it won't hurt and might help. See config(8) if you want to disable this. Joachim
