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On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 06:49:22PM -0500, Chris Hill wrote:

> I did this exact upgrade (4.6 to 4.10) a while back, and I can endorse=20
> the 'stepping stone' procedure. I did a cvsup and rebuild from 4.6 to=20
> 4.7, 4.7 to 4.8, etc. until 4.10. It's tedious and time-consuming, but=20
> the whole thing went surprisingly smoothly.

If you have access to the console, you can just avoid the hassle and
do a binary upgrade from installation media.

Kris

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