Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:36:35 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Robin Blanchard <robin.blanchard@itos.uga.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 4.8 -> 4.11 in-place upgrade ? Message-ID: <20080130143635.GA53922@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <1C28E42139C61D4BB4F418A19EAA2E3507B1C4@MAIL.itos.uga.edu> References: <1C28E42139C61D4BB4F418A19EAA2E3507B1C4@MAIL.itos.uga.edu>
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:01:40AM -0500, Robin Blanchard wrote: > I just inherited a remote 4.8 box...Having not used RELENG_4 in eons, > just wanted to check if it's safe to "live upgrade" (make > installworld/kernel ; mergemaster) directly to 4.11 (world/kernel > already built; waiting to install). /usr/src/UPDATING doesn't seem to > indicate this is out of the question. It would be best for you to just schedule a time to update the box entirely to RELENG_7, or at least RELENG_6. This may take less time and induce less pain than any oddities which might appear from a 4.8->4.11 upgrade. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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