Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 19:22:24 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: billf@freebsd.org Cc: cisbjc@reason.levels.unisa.edu.au Subject: Re: 4.5-> 5.2 upgrade path issues Message-ID: <20031222.192224.108813078.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20031222233606.GL82802@elvis.mu.org> References: <Pine.OSF.4.58.0312230115010.1425@reason.levels.unisa.edu.au> <20031222233606.GL82802@elvis.mu.org>
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Bill Fumerola <billf@freebsd.org> writes:
: 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.
Well, it does work. You just need to define ALWAYS_CHECK_MAKE and it
will work.
Warner
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