From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 01:39:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4772E16A4B3 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 01:39:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3170143FAF for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 01:39:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h8P8dKtF013567 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:39:45 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id h8P8dKt6013551; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:39:20 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:39:20 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Heinrich Rebehn Message-ID: <20030925083920.GC12631@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Heinrich Rebehn , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20030923172654.GA4981@silvertree.org> <20030923214255.GC76632@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <3F71840B.5000102@ant.uni-bremen.de> <20030924123126.GA51968@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <3F72A7AF.9030905@ant.uni-bremen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="iFRdW5/EC4oqxDHL" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F72A7AF.9030905@ant.uni-bremen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-11.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to 4.9 CVS vs. binary? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:39:56 -0000 --iFRdW5/EC4oqxDHL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 10:30:39AM +0200, Heinrich Rebehn wrote: > While we're at it: Will it be possible to upgrade from 4.9 to 5.x via CSV? It's possible right now, but be warned that upgrading over a major version bump is a significantly harder proposition than upgrading within, say, 4.x. For many users it's going to be a whole lot less grief just to do a reinstall of 5.x on top of their 4.x system. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --iFRdW5/EC4oqxDHL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/cqm4dtESqEQa7a0RAmGXAJ99OdHCSUEURGDNHxykzj7zU4iXQACfSB+B 9S3XYdeiL80LjP8DVF+60gg= =faXe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --iFRdW5/EC4oqxDHL--