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Date:      Fri, 1 Jun 2001 13:59:18 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Raymond Brighenti <bargi@webfront.net.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Hints and tips for upgrading from 3.2 to latest release
Message-ID:  <20010601135918.A87625@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <87wv6wjbgu.fsf@thanatos.shenton.org>; from chris@shenton.org on Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 02:34:25PM -0400
References:  <5.0.2.1.2.20010601114404.018af770@mail.webfront.net.au> <20010531191331.B13040@xor.obsecurity.org> <87wv6wjbgu.fsf@thanatos.shenton.org>

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On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 02:34:25PM -0400, Chris Shenton wrote:
> Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes:
>=20
> > 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.
>=20
> This may sound lame, but is the binary upgrade (presumably via
> /stand/sysinstall) something that can be done over the net?  Or when
> it replaces my ssh, X11, etc, will my connection die as the old binary
> or its libraries get replaced?
>=20
> I'd prefer to be in front of the console of course, but sometimes it's
> not possible.

You could do it, but I really don't recommend it :-)

Kris

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