Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:59:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> Cc: Doug <Doug@gorean.org>, mcwong@ascend.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Safe upgrade from 2.2.5 --> 3.2 ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908191658550.60198-100000@dt010nb9.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <19990819213621.A12658@lithium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Ben Smithurst wrote:
> Doug wrote:
>
> > Specifically, you should not try to upgrade from 2.2.5 straight to
> > 3.2-Stable since I've seen people run into trouble with a system older
> > than 2.2.6.
>
> Ah, sorry. I thought the differences between 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 wouldn't be
> much compared to the differences between 2.2.6 and 3.2. Evidently they are
> too much :-)
*Nod* Post 2.2.5 was when they started getting really serious
about making the 2.2.x => 3.x upgrade work, AND had a stable enough API
for the upgrade to make such efforts doable. In general, the safest bet is
to just upgrade to 2.2.8 first.
Doug
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