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On 24/06/14 16:02, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> Is binary upgrade from 8.2 to 8.4 not supported any more?
>
> Why do I keep getting "Fetching metadata signature for 8.4 from
> update6.freebsd.org... failed." ?

Is that you're using "8.4" instead of "8.4-RELEASE" as a candidate? I 
followed info at 
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html 
and have been going 8.3 -> 8.4 fine, but don't have any 8.2 machines so 
can't comment on that specifically.

HTH,
Greg.