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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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