From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 25 21:42:57 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FBBA106564A for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:42:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout020.mac.com (asmtpout020.mac.com [17.148.16.95]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 470D48FC16 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:42:57 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp020.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-20.01 64bit (built Nov 21 2010)) with ESMTPSA id <0LH700KAS0BKHBA0@asmtp020.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:42:56 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.2.15,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2011-02-25_06:2011-02-25, 2011-02-25, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=1 spamscore=1 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=28 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1012030000 definitions=main-1102250132 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:42:56 -0800 Message-id: <6CFE0F43-AFB2-43F4-954C-FB673F7C127B@mac.com> References: To: Nerius Landys X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading 7.1 to 7.3, use 7.2 as a safe step? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:42:57 -0000 On Feb 25, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Nerius Landys wrote: > For me, time can be spared, but errors should be avoided at all costs. > I have upgraded FreeBSD before, for example 7.0 -> 7.1. I use the > buildworld/buildkernel procedure. > I now have a 7.1 system. Should I upgrade to 7.2 and then to 7.3, or > is it safe to go directly from 7.1 to 7.3? You shouldn't run into any unusual issues. Note that more care is needed if you are doing a major version bump-- ie, you should go to 7.4 -> 8.0 -> 8.2. Regards, -- -Chuck