From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 18 16:54:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62F2216A713 for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 16:54:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sg@astral.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua) Received: from relay-hostels.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua (relay-hostels.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua [195.245.194.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2357243D70 for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 16:53:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sg@astral.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua) Received: from relay-hostels.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay-hostels.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C4FA43E41C for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 19:53:52 +0300 (EEST) Received: from astral.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua (if100Mbit.astral.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua [10.100.0.141]) by relay-hostels.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua (Postfix) with ESMTP id F212043E412; Thu, 18 May 2006 19:53:51 +0300 (EEST) Received: from astral.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by astral.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8007C4AE17; Thu, 18 May 2006 19:54:50 +0300 (EEST) Received: by astral.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua (Postfix, from userid 1008) id 62CFC4AE15; Thu, 18 May 2006 19:54:50 +0300 (EEST) Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 19:54:50 +0300 From: "Alexander I. Mogilny" To: Doug Barton Message-ID: <20060518165450.GA14246@astral.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> References: <28edec3c0605171638t6398b1a8u6c63a2db9b12d6e5@mail.gmail.com> <446BFB09.2050409@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <446BFB09.2050409@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AV-Checked: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP at relay-hostels.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: update to RELENG_6 fails X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 16:54:12 -0000 Doug Barton wrote me on Wed, May 17, 2006 at 09:41:45PM -0700 > Mars G. Miro wrote: > > > For the record, I've successfully updated a 5.4X to 6.1R w/o a hitch. > > I don't think you need to go to 5-stable if you want 6.X. Most apps > > will even still work and dont need to be recompiled. > > As happy as I am to hear that, if you'd read the section in UPDATING that I > was referring to, you'd have seen: > > When upgrading from one major version to another it is generally > best to upgrade to the latest code in the currently installed branch > first, then do an upgrade to the new branch. This is the best-tested > upgrade path, and has the highest probability of being successful. > Please try this approach before reporting problems with a major > version upgrade. > > Which clearly applies to the situation at hand. > Please move this conversation to freebsd-stable. > Thanks. I cvsuped my source tree to RELENG_5. Build completed without errors. Thanks for your answers. -- AIM-UANIC +-----[ FreeBSD ]-----+ Alexander Mogilny | The Power to Serve! | <> sg@portaone.com +---------------------+