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Date:      Fri, 1 May 2020 09:51:21 +0100
From:      Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Updating from 11.3-stable to 12.1-stable?
Message-ID:  <20200501095121.cb2d6b8084a697ccb50d4d0d@sohara.org>
In-Reply-To: <202005010842.0418g6is012936@sdf.org>
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On Fri, 01 May 2020 03:42:06 -0500
Scott Bennett <bennett@sdf.org> wrote:

>      You may not get bitten often, but the probability is that you will
> eventually be chewed on badly if you do things in an unsafe manner long
> enough.

	The evolution of UPDATING is partly driven by people getting
bitten and figuring out how not to. Once upon a time a full source upgrade
was:

make world
reboot & pray.

	We've come a long way since then.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>



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