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On 6/9/10 9:07 PM, Aiza wrote:
> The upgrade function requires the -r newrelease flag.
> The manpage does not state the formate of the newrelease value.
>
> Is it just the release number like this 8.0 or is it like this 8.0-RELEASE?

8.0-RELEASE.  I believe you can pull 8.0-RELEASE-p2 using -r as well.

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Glen Barber