Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 10:33:24 -0400 From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz> To: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-RELEASE TODO Message-ID: <20040804103324.sqsg48s40c48g444@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> In-Reply-To: <4110DFC7.8000200@freebsd.org> References: <200408040743.i747hs3m000419@pooker.samsco.org> <4110DFC7.8000200@freebsd.org>
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Quoting Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org>: > Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > >> On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 01:43:54 -0600 (MDT) >> Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >> >> >>> | Source upgrade | Not done | David Schultz | problematic. The | >>> | incompatibility | | | 5.3 world sources | >>> | | | | must be buildable | >>> | | | | and installable | >>> | | | | from a 5.2.1 | >>> | | | | system. | >> >> >> Should they not also be buildable and installable from a 4.10 or >> 4.11 system >> in order to preserve the -stable upgrade route ? >> > > This would be good, yes, but there are so many other gotchas with that > upgrade path that I don't consider it a show-stopper for it not to work. > Once the 5.2 -> 5.3 path is fixed, then we can focus on 4.x -> 5.3 path. > > Scott Just to let people know, I recently installed from 5.2.1, then updated to -CURRENT via source without a single problem. So what's not working here? Ken
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