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From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
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Subject: Re: what would take to allow binary upgrade to amd64?
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> Sure, its possible. But my point was that it is not a good idea and
> not something worth encouraging via tools like freebsd-upgrade. What
> is the use case you have in mind for this where a reformat isn't an
> option?

Upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2 is also possible via a format but we have a
tool like freebsd-update do help us instead. My question was is this
possible to add this functionality or worth it. The answer is no -
that is all that is needed.

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Eitan Adler