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Date:      Thu, 31 May 2001 19:13:31 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Raymond Brighenti <bargi@webfront.net.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Hints and tips for upgrading from 3.2 to latest release
Message-ID:  <20010531191331.B13040@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010601114404.018af770@mail.webfront.net.au>; from bargi@webfront.net.au on Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 11:46:58AM %2B1000
References:  <5.0.2.1.2.20010601114404.018af770@mail.webfront.net.au>

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On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 11:46:58AM +1000, Raymond Brighenti wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> We're going to be attempting to upgrade our mail server running Sendmail=
=20
> and Qpopper to the latest release of FreeBSD
>=20
> Apart from back everything up :) does anyone have any hints or tips or=20
> gotcha's in attempting this?

Don't bother trying to upgrade by recompiling source, it's much more
trouble than it's worth.  Just do a binary upgrade and it should all
just work.  You'll want to install the /usr/src/etc/ sources and use
mergemaster(8) to complete your upgrade by updating /etc.

Kris

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