Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 01:31:00 +0000 From: Anatoly Vorobey <mellon@pobox.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: error making world: stage 1 Message-ID: <20000521013100.A48649@happy.checkpoint.com> In-Reply-To: <20000519132821.A3950@orion.ac.hmc.edu>; from brooks@one-eyed-alien.net on Fri, May 19, 2000 at 01:28:21PM -0700 References: <20000519201223.12769.qmail@web3103.mail.yahoo.com> <20000519132821.A3950@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
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On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 01:28:21PM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 01:12:23PM -0700, MikeM wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This is the first time I've tried to install current, > > so if the following issue has already been discussed, > > please let me know where to find the logs. > > > > 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. Wouldn't it be better then to install a -current snapshot on one's filesystems without reformatting them, and update boot blocks if necessary? What else could go wrong? -- Anatoly Vorobey, mellon@pobox.com http://pobox.com/~mellon/ "Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly" - G.K.Chesterton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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