Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:05:49 -0800 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Matthias Petermann <matthias@d2ux.net> Cc: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date. Message-ID: <4BC8ADAD-4F40-423A-8AF1-6D607E077A3D@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <20121115234653.704f5813534aedc596659f51@d2ux.net> References: <20121115225711.3cd8b952c68e1bcc67d08977@d2ux.net> <CAHu1Y71zLiNm5mZz=w3fWsZNr7WAXXekH6owQW32j%2BBGE5ZdnA@mail.gmail.com> <20121115234653.704f5813534aedc596659f51@d2ux.net>
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On 15 November 2012, at 14:46, Matthias Petermann wrote: > Hi, >=20 > On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:35:52 -0800 > Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> wrote: >=20 >> http://www.freebsd.org/security/ >>=20 >> Scroll down about halfway. 9.0 is a regular release, EOL is January = 31, 2013. >>=20 >> Alternate releases are extended releases, so 9.1 will have a 2 year >> support span. >=20 > Thanks for the clearification. One technical thing: is it possible, to = upgrade > from FreeBSD 9.0 to 9.1 with the freebsd-update utility?=20 Yes. I have done that from 9.0 to 9.1-RC1 and later RC2. It takes = longer than you would like, but works just fine.
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