Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:45:30 -0800 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@FreeBSD.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: Benjamin Close <cisbjc@reason.levels.unisa.edu.au> Subject: Re: 4.5-> 5.2 upgrade path issues Message-ID: <20031223004530.GM82802@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20031223000611.GC552@FreeBSD.org.ua> References: <Pine.OSF.4.58.0312230115010.1425@reason.levels.unisa.edu.au> <20031222233606.GL82802@elvis.mu.org> <20031223000611.GC552@FreeBSD.org.ua>
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On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 02:06:11AM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 03:36:06PM -0800, Bill Fumerola wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 01:21:29AM +1030, Benjamin Close wrote: > > > Found an old box running FreeBSD 4.5 quite happily on our network. > > > Due to security issues (now I know the box exists), I've asked the admin > > > to update to 4.9 or Freebsd 5.2. He tried upgrading to FreeBSD 5.2 however > > > the build world failed with: > > > > 4.X-ANYTHINGBUTSTABLE -> 5.X-ANYTHING is not a supported upgrade path. > > > Yes it is supported. ok, "rarely works". whichever it is, upgrading to -stable first before upgrading to -current has always been beneficial to me. -- - bill fumerola / fumerola@yahoo-inc.com / billf@FreeBSD.org
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