Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 14:46:32 +0300 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: what would take to allow binary upgrade to amd64? Message-ID: <AANLkTilaIpLjhif_VszyIEBQrfV9tmB5O5AT7LZnw66W@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikVs6tqWsZv4wf1dasevU8-xA2bH77oGRGxlnOk@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinkGYhDHtGBjyCcWIdG6ePPgqAAxeoTdGZHD4zP@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikTmFxYBgJ6-KJ5qINGlHOGRCt_RymgHyBiRBCT@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTilQhcdwBH4NuS6YKS_erl38lAZdmTvJtJMy_zf3@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikVs6tqWsZv4wf1dasevU8-xA2bH77oGRGxlnOk@mail.gmail.com>
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> Sure, its possible. But my point was that it is not a good idea and > not something worth encouraging via tools like freebsd-upgrade. What > is the use case you have in mind for this where a reformat isn't an > option? Upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2 is also possible via a format but we have a tool like freebsd-update do help us instead. My question was is this possible to add this functionality or worth it. The answer is no - that is all that is needed. -- Eitan Adler
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