From owner-freebsd-security Thu Feb 17 19: 2:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5607237B68A; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 19:02:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA53728; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:06:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:06:42 -0500 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Ryuhei Tanabe Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why should I upgrade from 2.2.8 to 3.4 Message-ID: <20000217220642.B53575@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Reply-To: cjclark@home.com References: <20000216072546.RDPI28348.mta04.onebox.com@onebox.com> <4.2.0.58.J.20000216100126.00a5b210@mail.webjapan.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.J.20000216100126.00a5b210@mail.webjapan.com>; from ryu@ryu.net on Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 10:05:20AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 10:05:20AM -0800, Ryuhei Tanabe wrote: > Hello all > > I'm currently running freebsd 2.2.8-stable on my machine. Well of course, > I ve been thinking of upgrading my server to 3.x-stable. > But I'm sort of scared of that I might just screw my server when I upgrade it. > Is there any specific things, I should be very careful when upgrading > Freebsd from 2.2.8 to 3.x ? > > Thanks in advance. To start with, 1) New boot blocks. 2) Incompatible wtmp and utmp between versions. 3) Rebuild shared-lib hints. Also, this thread no longer belongs on -security. Redirecting... -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message