Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:26:48 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Svein Halvor Halvorsen <svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Binary upgrade from legacy version Message-ID: <488B5048.7080200@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <488B147D.5050009@lvor.halvorsen.cc> References: <488B147D.5050009@lvor.halvorsen.cc>
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