Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:17:06 -0600 From: eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> To: Andreas Rudisch <cyb.@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Updating from 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #901 to 8-release Message-ID: <20100105081706.92891gbmjmqybuo0@econet.encontacto.net> In-Reply-To: <20100105091233.03aaddc8.cyb.@gmx.net> References: <20100104191445.378072gqiht549kw@econet.encontacto.net> <20100105091233.03aaddc8.cyb.@gmx.net>
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Quoting Andreas Rudisch <cyb.@gmx.net>: > On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:14:45 -0600 > eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> wrote: > >> I intend to first upgrade my old, but up to date, 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD >> 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" Looks like I was reading what I wanted to read and not what was written. Sorry. Thanks for the the wakeup call. Have a great day, ed > > Andreas > -- > GnuPG key : 0x2A573565 | http://www.gnupg.org/howtos/de/ > Fingerprint: 925D 2089 0BF9 8DE5 9166 33BB F0FD CD37 2A57 3565 >
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