Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:32:59 -0400 From: Glenn Sieb <ges+lists@wingfoot.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrading a 5.1-RELEASE-p10 system... Message-ID: <417579FB.6090805@wingfoot.org>
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I'd like to update a server from 5.1-RELEASE-p10 to 5.3-STABLE...
What I'm wondering is: Are there any caveats to this upgrade?
One of my compadres asked me:
> How stable is stable?
>
> Isn't this the release where they change some value from an int16 to
> an int32 and upgrading needs to be done with extra caution? (i.e.
> actually go to single user mode even though everyone ignores that
> step). Or was that something else?
>
> Otherwise, I'm all for it.
So I just wanted to be sure, so I can plan accordingly...
Thanks in advance!
Best,
Glenn
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