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Date:      Tue, 9 May 2006 10:19:43 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        albi <albi@scii.nl>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: details about EOL (of FreeBSD 5.4) ?
Message-ID:  <20060509141943.GA88511@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <44605ED5.8090805@scii.nl>
References:  <44605ED5.8090805@scii.nl>

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On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:20:21AM +0200, albi wrote:
>=20
> i'm running 5.4 on a few servers, and i wondered till when
> security-updates will be available
>=20
> http://www.freebsd.org/security/ says that the EOL is estimated may 31
> 2006, but does that also mean no more security-updates for 5.4 ?

Yes.

> i have no problem with doing a reinstall with the brand new 6.1 (or is
> the upgrade-jump from 5.4 to 6.1 no problem at all ?) , but i just like
> to get an idea when that would be really needed :)

5.4 to 6.x is pretty straightforward.  The only thing to watch out for
is to recompile all your ports (which you have to do when crossing any
major revision boundary).  portupgrade -fa or -faPP makes this pretty
easy though.

Kris

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