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Date:      Mon, 8 Jul 2002 19:46:57 -0400
From:      Jeremy Faulkner <gldisater@gldis.ca>
To:        Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upcoming 4.6.1
Message-ID:  <20020708194657.A95472@constans.gldis.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20020708152147.29281fee.yid@softhome.net>; from yid@softhome.net on Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 03:21:47PM -0400
References:  <20020708075902.G20410@freebsdmall.com> <20020707015520.E11035@freebsdmall.com> <20020708091849.GC9340@nevermind.kiev.ua> <20020708093008.GC61953@freebsd.org.ru> <20020708075902.G20410@freebsdmall.com> <5.1.1.6.2.20020708103629.04112d20@pop3s.schulte.org> <20020708152147.29281fee.yid@softhome.net>

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On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 03:21:47PM -0400, Joshua Lee wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Jul 2002 10:41:38 -0500
> Christopher Schulte <schulte+freebsd@nospam.schulte.org> wrote:
> 
> > RELENG_4 is -STABLE
> > 
> > RELENG_4_6 is 4.6-RELEASE+security
> > RELENG_4_5 is 4.5-RELEASE+security
> > 
> > RELENG_4 typically receives all fixes that RELENG_4_X sees....
> 
> I'm wondering that when 5.0 is -RELEASE, will it be possible for 
>users of 4.x-STABLE be able to upgrade to it via CVS, or will it 
>be neccesary to start over again from scratch?
> 
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To upgrade from 3.5 to 4.x required that some parts of the system 
(mainly parts involved in the buildworld) be compiled and installed
prior to performing the make buildworld. A similar situation will 
exist for the update to 5.0. 

It won't be impossible, but headaches will be likely.

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Jeremy Faulkner			http://www.gldis.ca

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