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From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
To: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: any problem going from 9.x (don't laugh) to 11 directly?
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>>>>> "John" == John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> writes:

John> In article <86lgfvi20e.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> you write:
>> I'm on 9.3, and intended to use freebsd-update.

John> In that case I'd go to 10.4, poke at that long enough to make sure
John> things work, then go to 11.1.

Some of the ports I use are no longer building under 10.4... haven't
researched the details, but I wonder if they just weren't being
supported any more except under 11.

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