Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 15:18:16 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com> To: Corvette <wash@iconnect.co.ke> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Downgrading Possible? Message-ID: <3A69F288.DB5C54C0@mail.iowna.com> References: <20010120220349.E589@poeza.iconnect.co.ke>
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Corvette wrote: > > Hi > Okay I've had some problem with 4.2-STABLE and I am thinking that it would be wise to > downgrade back to 3.5-STABLE and stich there for the foreseeable future. > Is this even remotely possible on a production server? > All suggestions appreciated. I accidentally tried to do this once (had an old supfile and didn't look to see what the tag was - doh!) The result was a mess! Things like perl don't "downgrade" cleanly from 4.X to 3.X. and perl is used to build other parts of the system. Personally, I believe it can be done, but a great deal of knowledge would have to exist concerning the build process and dependencies. As a learning process, I recommend it if you have the time, just make sure to backup first. If you want the fastest, cleanest way possible, I would recommend finding a window where you could schedule some downtime and backup/rebuild. -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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