Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 23:55:53 +0200 From: Andy Fawcett <andy@athame.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading 5.3 > 6.0 buildworld failure now in libmagic Message-ID: <200512062355.56219.andy@athame.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20051206214613.GA79648@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200512051518.43896.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <43960445.4050202@jim-liesl.org> <20051206214613.GA79648@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Tuesday 06 December 2005 23:46, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 02:36:05PM -0700, secmgr wrote: > > >Update to 5.4 before trying to update to 6.0. > > > > > >Kris > > > > So is there any supported direct 5.3->6.0 upgrade path, or is a > > stop in 5.4 ville manditory now.? > > I tried to say that you have to update to 5.4 before you can update > to 6.0, i.e. updates from older versions are not supported. It may > be easier to do a binary upgrade (i.e. download release media and use > the upgrade option). At least with a vanilla install of 5.3, I had no problem going directly to 6.0. This was an extremely basic install, and I only did it because I lost my 6.0-R cd :) A. -- Andy Fawcett | andy@athame.co.uk | tap@kde.org "In an open world without walls and fences, | tap@lspace.org we wouldn't need Windows and Gates." -- anon | tap@fruitsalad.org
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