From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 30 14:36:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0FE616A41B for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:36:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D38A013C4CC for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:36:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C03021CC031; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:36:35 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:36:35 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Robin Blanchard Message-ID: <20080130143635.GA53922@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <1C28E42139C61D4BB4F418A19EAA2E3507B1C4@MAIL.itos.uga.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1C28E42139C61D4BB4F418A19EAA2E3507B1C4@MAIL.itos.uga.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: 4.8 -> 4.11 in-place upgrade ? 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, 30 Jan 2008 14:36:36 -0000 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 |