From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 5 08:12:39 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79FB41065676 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 2010 08:12:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from "cyb."@gmx.net) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C001C8FC15 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 2010 08:12:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 05 Jan 2010 08:12:37 -0000 Received: from pD952C879.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO core2duo.local) [217.82.200.121] by mail.gmx.net (mp021) with SMTP; 05 Jan 2010 09:12:37 +0100 X-Authenticated: #4870692 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18BqrUXmOoB5hvihQ7Hq2gGEuEjhG4JlWlprr9YWu wLTvQ8bXdyW2CW Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:12:33 +0100 From: Andreas Rudisch To: eculp Message-Id: <20100105091233.03aaddc8.cyb.@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20100104191445.378072gqiht549kw@econet.encontacto.net> References: <20100104191445.378072gqiht549kw@econet.encontacto.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.18.5; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Tue__5_Jan_2010_09_12_33_+0100_8tcwff+mmXNqlAPh" X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.64 Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Updating from 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #901 to 8-release X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:12:39 -0000 --Signature=_Tue__5_Jan_2010_09_12_33_+0100_8tcwff+mmXNqlAPh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:14:45 -0600 eculp wrote: > I intend to first upgrade my old, but up to date, 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD =20 > 7.2-STABLE #901 to the latest 8.0 release > I want to conserve as much as I can so I thought that I might give > freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.0-RELEASE a try. freebsd-update does not work on STABLE branches. You can only track a RELEASE branch and a few Beta/RC releases with it. > I am trying to follow the instructions at > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/announce.html >From the first paragraph: "Systems running 7.[012]-RELEASE, 8.0-BETA[1234], or 8.0-RC[123] can upgrade" Andreas -- GnuPG key : 0x2A573565 | http://www.gnupg.org/howtos/de/ Fingerprint: 925D 2089 0BF9 8DE5 9166 33BB F0FD CD37 2A57 3565 --Signature=_Tue__5_Jan_2010_09_12_33_+0100_8tcwff+mmXNqlAPh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAktC9HQACgkQ8P3NNypXNWVvBACdFL1gHZgw8zNimBRN6zZtG1Rg HjcAoIKM3p77PcyFDQFoecJAgH8EqO1D =NOF2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Tue__5_Jan_2010_09_12_33_+0100_8tcwff+mmXNqlAPh--