From owner-freebsd-current Sat May 20 15:31: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from happy.checkpoint.com (happy.checkpoint.com [199.203.156.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60A0537B555 for ; Sat, 20 May 2000 15:30:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mellon@pobox.com) Received: (from mellon@localhost) by happy.checkpoint.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA48674 for current@freebsd.org; Sun, 21 May 2000 01:31:00 GMT (envelope-from mellon@pobox.com) Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 01:31:00 +0000 From: Anatoly Vorobey To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: error making world: stage 1 Message-ID: <20000521013100.A48649@happy.checkpoint.com> References: <20000519201223.12769.qmail@web3103.mail.yahoo.com> <20000519132821.A3950@orion.ac.hmc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000519132821.A3950@orion.ac.hmc.edu>; from brooks@one-eyed-alien.net on Fri, May 19, 2000 at 01:28:21PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 01:28:21PM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 01:12:23PM -0700, MikeM wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This is the first time I've tried to install current, > > so if the following issue has already been discussed, > > please let me know where to find the logs. > > > > I am trying to upgrade from 3.2 Release to -current > > but the build fails in the bootstrap stage. > > You can't do that in one step. You need to upgrade to 3.4-STABLE first. > Then follow the instructions in /usr/src/UPDATING to upgrade to 4.0. > Finaly, you can then upgrade to -current. Multiple major version jumps > are not supported and are unlikely to work. Wouldn't it be better then to install a -current snapshot on one's filesystems without reformatting them, and update boot blocks if necessary? What else could go wrong? -- Anatoly Vorobey, mellon@pobox.com http://pobox.com/~mellon/ "Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly" - G.K.Chesterton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message