From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 8 16:47: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F37437B400 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 16:47:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gldis.ca (constans.gldis.ca [216.187.105.233]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1477F43E31 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 16:47:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gldisater@gldis.ca) Received: from gldis.ca (gldisater@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gldis.ca (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g68NkwCF095497; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 19:46:58 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gldisater@gldis.ca) Received: (from gldisater@localhost) by gldis.ca (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g68NkvZv095496; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 19:46:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 19:46:57 -0400 From: Jeremy Faulkner To: Joshua Lee Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upcoming 4.6.1 Message-ID: <20020708194657.A95472@constans.gldis.ca> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020708152147.29281fee.yid@softhome.net>; from yid@softhome.net on Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 03:21:47PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 03:21:47PM -0400, Joshua Lee wrote: > On Mon, 08 Jul 2002 10:41:38 -0500 > Christopher Schulte 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? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message 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. -- Jeremy Faulkner http://www.gldis.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message