Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:59:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Charlie Watts <cewatts@frontier.net> Cc: "stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: 3.3-RELEASE -> 4-STABLE Message-ID: <20020425125826.K69694-100000@master.gorean.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.44.0204251340560.4012-100000@eggplant.frontier.net>
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On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Charlie Watts wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, M. Warner Losh wrote:
>
> > I'd upgrade to at least 3.4-release (since there's some issues with
> > going from 3.3 and earlier to 4.0. I'd then stop at 4.2 or 4.3 next,
> > since that seems to be the next good stop on the train. I'd then shoot
> > for 4.5-stable from there, but be prepared to make a smaller leap if
> > necessary. Mergemaster is going to be hell, since all the files in /etc
> > have changed since 3.3-release.
>
> Boy, if that didn't convince me to go with a backup/install cycle, nothing
> will. Hrm.
>
> Seems like the chance of screwing up with that many mergemaster cycles is
> pretty high.
... one of the reasons that the author of mergemaster was the
first to suggest backup/re-install. :) There are way too many ways to
shoot yourself in the foot upgrading from that far back.
Good luck.
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