From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 7 00:31:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1156E16A41F for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 00:31:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49F9C43D5D for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 00:31:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D87771A3C30; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:31:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E541751494; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 19:31:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 19:31:33 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: secmgr Message-ID: <20051207003133.GA81935@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200512051518.43896.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <20051206120026.GC62078@ip.net.ua> <200512061148.01012.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <200512061320.45584.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <20051206212850.GA79286@xor.obsecurity.org> <43960445.4050202@jim-liesl.org> <20051206214613.GA79648@xor.obsecurity.org> <43962B8E.1090407@jim-liesl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43962B8E.1090407@jim-liesl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: Upgrading 5.3 > 6.0 buildworld failure now in libmagic X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:31:38 -0000 --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 05:23:42PM -0700, secmgr wrote: > >>>Update to 5.4 before trying to update to 6.0. > >>> > >>>Kris > >>> =20 > >>> > >>So is there any supported direct 5.3->6.0 upgrade path, or is a stop in= =20 > >>5.4 ville manditory now.? > >> =20 > >> > > > >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). > > > >Kris > >=20 > > > Not to belabour this, but the 6.0 release notes do specificly say 5.3=20 > RELEASE and newer. You're right, as others have also pointed out. > "Source upgrades to FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE are only supported from FreeBSD= =20 > 5.3-RELEASE or later. Users of older systems wanting to upgrade=20 > 6.0-RELEASE will need to update to FreeBSD 5.3 or newer first, then to=20 > FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE." >=20 > This is one of my pet peeves with FreeBSD. You can read the Release=20 > Notes, the UPDATING, the ERRATA, the HARDWARE, thinking you've prepped=20 > yourself for the upgrade, and still be screwed. If RE wants to change=20 > the requirements for upgrading, then how bleeping hard would it be to=20 > update either release notes or errata. This didn't happen here, so you don't need to be upset at RE. Kris --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDli1lWry0BWjoQKURAi2OAKDX/bc1R0/BtCVuXU2of6F//QMGjACg2jkz RVq9L069+sWKzf13zydw1bQ= =k9uZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j--