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Date:      Sat, 20 May 2000 15:15:00 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
Cc:        MikeM <mike_bsdlists@yahoo.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: error making world: stage 1 
Message-ID:  <13361.958828500@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 19 May 2000 13:28:21 MST." <20000519132821.A3950@orion.ac.hmc.edu> 

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On Fri, 19 May 2000 13:28:21 MST, Brooks Davis wrote:

> > I am trying to upgrade from 3.2 Release to -current
> > but the build fails in the bootstrap stage.
> 
> You can't do that in one step.  You need to upgrade to 3.4-STABLE first.
> Then follow the instructions in /usr/src/UPDATING to upgrade to 4.0.
> Finaly, you can then upgrade to -current.  Multiple major version jumps
> are not supported and are unlikely to work.

While this is sensible advise, since it looks like the original poster
is doing this more for the experience than for practical purposes, it's
always worth mentioning to folks that the binary upgrade option is both
available and simple. :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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