From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 29 15:25:06 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C33F910656A3 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:25:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 497338FC1F for ; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:25:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBTFOmFO005833; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:25:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nBTFOmRZ005808; Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:24:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:24:48 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200912291524.nBTFOmRZ005808@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, randy@psg.com In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:25:04 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: 5.5-STABLE to 88.0-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, randy@psg.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:25:06 -0000 Randy Bush wrote: > can one go from 5.5 to 8.0 using the normal hammer, or is it > multi-stage, and i should just blow it away and go from install? This is a very late reply, but just for the archives ... You can do the update in two steps. Please see this entry in /usr/src/UPDATING: 20080123: To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE. Upgrading to -current from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems. So, basically you can go from 5.5 to 7.2 (or 7-stable), and then to 8.0 (or 8-stable). Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "The ITU has offered the IETF formal alignment with its corresponding technology, Penguins, but that won't fly." -- RFC 2549