Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 13:01:41 -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: <20040804130141.dmogwg8ko84g4oc4@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> In-Reply-To: <41110EA6.9020709@freebsd.org> References: <200408040743.i747hs3m000419@pooker.samsco.org> <4110DFC7.8000200@freebsd.org> <20040804103324.sqsg48s40c48g444@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> <41110EA6.9020709@freebsd.org>
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Quoting Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org>: > Kenneth Culver wrote: > >> 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 >> >> > > Hmm, maybe I'm mis-informed then. I thought that > snapshots.jp.freebsd.org was having problems building the 5.2-CURRENT > sources because it's world was too old, and that this pointed to a > source upgrade problem. I guess we need clarification here. David? > > Scott I've actually done this 2 or 3 times in the last week or 2 on a few different computers, so unless a recent commit broke something, it should still be ok. Ken
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