Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:09:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> Cc: "Sameer R. Manek" <manek@ecst.csuchico.edu>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to update from FreeBSD 2.2.8 to RELENG_4 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007131708241.3577-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20000713110456.A4811@titan.klemm.gtn.com>
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On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Andreas Klemm wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 01:55:50AM -0700, Sameer R. Manek wrote:
> > Really a fresh install of 4.0, or soon 4.1 would be your best bet.
>
> If doing backup and restore of applications in /usr/local ...
> Would they run after a fresh 4.1 installation ?
It would work as well as they would if you did a source-level
upgrade; specifically, some things dig into kernel memory and are thus
fragile against kernel changes. But most things should just work if you
install the compat22 libs.
Kris
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