Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 23:55:53 +0200 From: Andy Fawcett <andy@athame.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading 5.3 > 6.0 buildworld failure now in libmagic Message-ID: <200512062355.56219.andy@athame.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20051206214613.GA79648@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200512051518.43896.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <43960445.4050202@jim-liesl.org> <20051206214613.GA79648@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Tuesday 06 December 2005 23:46, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 02:36:05PM -0700, secmgr wrote:
> > >Update to 5.4 before trying to update to 6.0.
> > >
> > >Kris
> >
> > So is there any supported direct 5.3->6.0 upgrade path, or is a
> > stop in 5.4 ville manditory now.?
>
> I tried to say that you have to update to 5.4 before you can update
> to 6.0, i.e. updates from older versions are not supported. It may
> be easier to do a binary upgrade (i.e. download release media and use
> the upgrade option).
At least with a vanilla install of 5.3, I had no problem going directly
to 6.0.
This was an extremely basic install, and I only did it because I lost my
6.0-R cd :)
A.
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