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Date:      Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:12:41 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        Cliff Rowley <dozprompt@onsea.com>
Cc:        Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mergemaster after upgrade 
Message-ID:  <45620.945940361@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Dec 1999 20:48:52 GMT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912222047360.1051-100000@merlin.onsea.com> 

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On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 20:48:52 GMT, Cliff Rowley wrote:

> So what do you do if you havent used mergemaster since you installed from
> your 3.2 CD?  A er "friend" of er mine is in this situation *not blushing
> really*
> 
> Wouldnt it be hell upgrading to -current from -stable?  there will be so
> many changes that mergemaster would be hell, and take a long time...

It's _always_ hell doing a source upgrade from -stable to -current. :-)

It's 6 of one and half a dozen of the other, I'm afraid.  Both a binary
upgrade (tweaking the new /etc afterwards) and a source upgrade (wading
through a massive mergemaster run afterwards) are going to take time.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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