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From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
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According to Andrea Venturoli:
> Uh... is direct upgrade (using sources) possible from 8.4 to 10.1?
> No need to step through 9.x?

Source upgrade from 8-9 to 10 was broken for one year (bootstrapping issues with flex) but I fixed it some time ago.
http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=269967

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