On 4/06/2010, at 6:41 PM, patrick keshishian wrote:

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> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Uwe Dippel <udippel@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Richard Toohey
>> <richardtoohey@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> OK, I've tried it and cannot reproduce what you see.  I've never done
>>> an upgrade from bsd.rd before, so wanted to give it a go.
>>>
>>> Obviously something different with your set-up, or where you got the
files
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>>> from, or factor X - but as other people have said, they can't guess what.
>>>
>>> In short - the basic bsd.rd "follow these instructions" worked for me
> here.
>>>
>>> OK, I start with 4.6 amd64 (either 4.6 or just pre-4.6 release)
>>>
>>> uname -a
>>> OpenBSD dellamd64.home 4.6 GENERIC#0 amd64
>>>
>>> But before I upgrade, what's /sbin/pfctl?
>>>
>>> $ ls -l /sbin/pfctl
>>> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  bin  492664 Dec  3 23:12 /sbin/pfctl
>>> $ md5 /sbin/pfctl
>>> MD5 (/sbin/pfctl) = 3e1fa4f69809adff432f9da62010a6a7
>>>
>>> http://openbsd.org/faq/upgrade47.html
>>>
>>> "One easy way to boot from the install kernel is to place the 4.7 version
> of
>> bsd.rd in the root of your boot drive, then instruct the
>>> boot loader to boot using this new bsd.rd file. On amd64 and i386, you do
>> this by entering "boot bsd.rd" at the initial boot> prompt."
>>>
>>> OK, I'll get the bsd.rd from the 4.7 release CD (but could have used
FTP.)
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>>>
>>> /usr/bin/su root
>>> mv /bsd.rd /bsd46.rd
>>> mount /dev/cd0a /mnt/
>>> cp /mnt/4.7/amd64/bsd.rd /bsd.rd
>>> umount /mnt
>>> eject /dev/cd0a
>>> reboot
>>> ... boot > boot bsd.rd
>>> ... Welcome to the OpenBSD/amd64 4.7 installation program.
>>> ... I choose upgrade ... take defaults all the way until ...
>>> Location of sets?  [What do I do here?  I'll try http, and take the
>> defaults.  What did YOU do here?]
>>> bsd, bsd.rd, base47.tgz, misc47.tgz, comp47.tgz, man47.tgz, game47.tgz,
>> xbase47.tgz
>>> xshare47.tgz, xfont47.tgz, xserv47.tgz ... all get to 100% no errors.
>>> ... rest of install, reboot ...
>>> $ uname -a
>>> OpenBSD dellamd64.home 4.7 GENERIC#112 amd64
>>> $ ls -l /sbin/pfctl
>>> -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  bin  500856 Mar 18 15:36 /sbin/pfctl
>>> $ md5 /sbin/pfctl
>>> MD5 (/sbin/pfctl) = 7720c9a4dc100fe29d2d3c4a16954eb4
>>
>> Thanks, Richard.
>>
>> No, you couldn't encounter it.
>> It comes in later.
>> I have now the whole upgrade session of my third machine, the log is > 2
> MB.
>> Whenever I rebooted, it was okay:
>> 1. reboot to start bsd.rd - okay
>> 2. reboot directly after bsd.rd upgrade - okay
>> 3. reboot after 'Final steps', before pkg_add - okay
>> 4. reboot after 'Upgrading packages' - okay
>> 5. reboot after patching - old files and wrong timestamps - bummer, as
>> Theo might say.
>
> you mean applying the errata47.html patches? If so, are you certain
> your source tree is tagged OPENBSD_4_7 and not anything else?
>
> --patrick
I think we are getting closer, aren't we?

So, NOTHING to do with the actual upgrade, is it?  Or the ports/packages.

It is something to do with how you are PATCHING after an upgrade.

You don't mention where/when you get the source you patch?

Because that would be a separate step, wouldn't it?

(I usually install from CD, so I scrub /usr/src & load from src.tar.gz on the
CD.)

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>> I wonder if I can put the file up into the open, or if it contains
>> security-related matter.??
>> As bz2 it is just 91 k; I will of course make it available to
>> individuals on request.
>>
>> Uwe