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A simple make world is too dangerous for most upgrades. Instead, copy

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the updating from stable section, and remove the kludge-o-rounds that
are in there.

Sometimes make world is safe, sometimes not.  Let's document the safe
way to deal.
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@ -1001,8 +1001,20 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
To rebuild everything and install it on the current system.
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make world
Build a new kernel, see above.
# Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than
# is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current.
<maybe fix /etc/fstab> [7]
make buildworld
make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
[1]
<reboot in single user> [3]
mergemaster -p [5]
make installworld
mergemaster [4]
<reboot>
To upgrade from 4.x-stable to current
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