[DragonFlyBSD - Bug #3197] DragonFly upgrades

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Issue #3197 has been updated by tse.

File upgrade2 added

Yup, lets leave the Makefile

> Let's go even simpler - if a branch isn't named, as either RELEASE, HEAD, or (Git commit ID), assume that it's an update of whatever branch is currently in place. No menus or choices needed.

For myself personally, I stay on the latest stable release, so I want upgrades to always change the branch 5.4 -> 5.6 -> ...  I had basically finished some changes when I got your message (+ a long break for another test install).  They give us the latest stable branch with `/usr/upgrade -r 1`.  And the prior stable branch with '-r 2'.  For the bleeding edge, people can get that with `/usr/upgrade -r 4`, or a specific commit with `/usr/upgrade -r abcdef123`.  Maybe the bleeding edge should be '-r 0', but I currently placed it lower so people don't assume it's the first and best option....

Let me at least upload that script (upgrade2)

I agree that people on the bleeding edge only ever want to upgrade their current branch so then a no-branch-change default would be best;  but for stable branch users it would just give them a long wait that looks like an upgrade and tells them to reboot etc

Currently if '-r' is specified then there are no menus or choices, which I think is a nice balance.  Maybe '-r 4' should move to '-r 0'

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Bug #3197: DragonFly upgrades
http://bugs.dragonflybsd.org/issues/3197#change-13766

* Author: tse
* Status: New
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Category: Feature request
* Target version: 
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Hiya,

I realize this is quite a simple script, and possibly misses useful features (?). Originally posted to @users, but mailing list line-wraping didn't keep the script fully intact, so copy/paste/test wouldn't of worked

Also, the response on DragonFly Digest encouraged me re-post it here

I've tested it on new installs of 4.8, 5.2, and 5.4, and with installs previously upgraded with `make src-create/src-create-shallow`

It takes this:
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> cd /usr
> make src-create
> ...
> make buildworld
> make buildkernel
> ...
> make upgrade
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To this:
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> /usr/upgrade
Upgrading DragonFly BSD

For more information see:
  `man build`      `man config`
  /usr/src/README  /usr/src/UPDATING
  http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/handbook/

It is possible to run this script without root privileges
Usage:  upgrade [configuration]
Configuration is "X86_64_GENERIC"

Latest releases:
  [1]  DragonFly_RELEASE_5_6
  [2]  DragonFly_RELEASE_5_4
  [3]  DragonFly_RELEASE_5_2
  [4]  DragonFly_RELEASE_5_0
  [5]  DragonFly_RELEASE_4_8

Select [1-5]:
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---Files--------------------------------
upgrade (2.4 KB)
upgrade2 (2.96 KB)


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