From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Nov 11 05:34:48 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26568112B4F4 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2018 05:34:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp.rcn.com (smtp.rcn.com [69.168.97.78]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 888B270622 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2018 05:34:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) X_CMAE_Category: , , X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=a91yzgaF c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:117 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:17 a=KGjhK52YXX0A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=XRQyMpdBKAEA:10 a=JHtHm7312UAA:10 a=48faUk6PgeAA:10 a=0wQVMjYSAAAA:8 a=-kfKq5b0cZ_kUgQsdhMA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=YuaPctig67EA:10 a=ibV0ZHtNwtz4ncopG1mI:22 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine X-Authed-Username: cm9iZXJ0aHVmZkByY24uY29t Authentication-Results: smtp03.rcn.cmh.synacor.com smtp.mail=roberthuff@rcn.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp03.rcn.cmh.synacor.com header.from=roberthuff@rcn.com; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp03.rcn.cmh.synacor.com smtp.user=roberthuff; auth=pass (PLAIN) Received: from [209.6.230.48] ([209.6.230.48:58216] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp.rcn.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.6.25.56547 r(Core:3.6.25.0)) with ESMTPSA (cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384) id 54/C0-43928-07FB7EB5; Sun, 11 Nov 2018 00:34:41 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <23527.49008.281225.26595@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 00:34:40 -0500 From: Robert Huff To: B J Cc: freebsd@dreamchaser.org, FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: upgrade 10.3 to 11.2? In-Reply-To: References: <278e9c07-ec53-546f-7d3e-5f3fef698cc4@dreamchaser.org> X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0b under 26.1 (amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 888B270622 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.07 / 200.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:69.168.97.0/24]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; IP_SCORE(-0.24)[asn: 36271(-1.12), country: US(-0.09)]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[mx.rcn.com]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[rcn.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.92)[-0.921,0]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36271, ipnet:69.168.97.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[78.97.168.69.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 05:34:48 -0000 B J writes: > On 11/11/18, Gary Aitken wrote: > > Being a bit slow, I neglected to upgrade from 10.3-RELEASE-p29 to 10.4 > > and 10.4 went eol while I was out of the country... > > > > Can one upgrade directly from 10.3 to 11.2? > > I recall doing something similar a year or so ago. I don't recall any > major problems, but it did take a comparatively longer time. It _can_ be done. There is a large pile of conventional wisdom as to why - if possible - one should re-install across major version. Respectfully, Robert Huff