Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:16:11 +0000 (UTC) From: Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r260689 - head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes Message-ID: <201401151516.s0FFGBkM088448@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: skreuzer (ports committer) Date: Wed Jan 15 15:16:11 2014 New Revision: 260689 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/260689 Log: Remove reference to FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE from 'Upgrading from previous releases' paragraph since all supported version of FreeBSD now support binary upgrades Remove 'of course,' from foot note reminding to create a backup before attempting a binary update Approved by: hrs (mentor) Modified: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Modified: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml ============================================================================== --- head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Wed Jan 15 12:35:28 2014 (r260688) +++ head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Wed Jan 15 15:16:11 2014 (r260689) @@ -723,14 +723,13 @@ hv_vmbus_load="YES"</programlisting> Al <sect1 xml:id="upgrade"> <title>Upgrading from previous releases of &os;</title> - <para arch="amd64,i386">Beginning with &os; 6.2-RELEASE, - binary upgrades between RELEASE versions (and snapshots of the - various security branches) are supported using the - &man.freebsd-update.8; utility. The binary upgrade procedure will - update unmodified userland utilities, as well as unmodified GENERIC or - SMP kernels distributed as a part of an official &os; release. - The &man.freebsd-update.8; utility requires that the host being - upgraded have Internet connectivity.</para> + <para arch="amd64,i386">Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions + (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported + using the &man.freebsd-update.8; utility. The binary upgrade + procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as + unmodified GENERIC kernels distributed as a part of an official + &os; release. The &man.freebsd-update.8; utility requires that + the host being upgraded have Internet connectivity.</para> <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os; base system from source code) from previous versions are @@ -738,7 +737,7 @@ hv_vmbus_load="YES"</programlisting> Al <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para> <important> - <para>Upgrading &os; should, of course, only be attempted after + <para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration files.</para> </important>
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