From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Apr 25 12:59:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from 12-234-22-238.client.attbi.com (12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com [12.234.90.219]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABFCF37B404 for ; Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:59:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Master.gorean.org (master.gorean.org [10.0.0.2]) by 12-234-22-238.client.attbi.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g3PJxkHt090889; Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:59:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Received: from Master.gorean.org (zoot [127.0.0.1]) by Master.gorean.org (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g3PJxmLr069992; Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:59:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by Master.gorean.org (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) with ESMTP id g3PJxm7g069989; Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:59:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Master.gorean.org: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:59:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton X-X-Sender: doug@master.gorean.org To: Charlie Watts Cc: "stable@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: 3.3-RELEASE -> 4-STABLE In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020425125826.K69694-100000@master.gorean.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. -- "We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory." - George W. Bush, President of the United States State of the Union, January 28, 2002 Do YOU Yahoo!? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message