Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:48:34 -0800 From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Jeremiah Gowdy <jgowdy@home.com> Cc: J McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: going from 4.0 -> 3.4 Message-ID: <38DBAA72.24058426@gorean.org> References: <20000324015430.A85928@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <38DB28AF.A1410253@gorean.org> <20000324123638.A88106@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <38DBA503.E56180C3@gorean.org> <001701bf95b8$fc4a1da0$0100000a@vista1.sdca.home.com>
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Jeremiah Gowdy wrote: > > > You misunderstood. You cannot downgrade without wiping your disk. Sorry > > I wasn't more clear. > > Wow, you can't ? I don't want to, but I was always thinking you could just > cvsup to any source version you want, make world, rebuild kernel, and roll > with it. Does it not work that way ? *Sometimes* that works, within branches. The system is designed to be upwardly compatible, but downward compatibility is not guaranteed. Doug -- "So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into existence? Is that possible?" asked the student incredulously. The master simply replied, "Mu." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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