Upgrade FreeBSD to STABLE with CVSup

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host# uname -a
host# /usr/ports/net/cvsup make && make install
host# cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile /stable-cvsup
host# cd /
host# pico stable-cvsup

*default host=cvsup.si.FreeBSD.org
*default base=/var/db
*default prefix=/usr
# The following line is for 6-stable. If you want 5-stable, 4-stable,
# 3-stable, or 2.2-stable, change to “RELENG_5″, “RELENG_4″, “RELENG_3″,
# or “RELENG_2_2″ respectively.
*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6
*default delete use-rel-suffix

host# /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2 /stable-cvsup

host# /usr/src
host# make -j4 buildworld (a)
host# make -j4 buildkernel (a)
host# make installkernel

host# /usr/src
host# make installworld
host# mergemaster -ai

host# uname -a