Kenneth Culver wrote: > Quoting Scott Long <scottl_at_freebsd.org>: > >> Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 01:43:54 -0600 (MDT) >>> Scott Long <scottl_at_FreeBSD.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> | Source upgrade | Not done | David Schultz | problematic. >>>> The | >>>> | incompatibility | | | 5.3 world >>>> sources | >>>> | | | | must be >>>> buildable | >>>> | | | | and >>>> installable | >>>> | | | | from a >>>> 5.2.1 | >>>> | | | | >>>> system. | >>> >>> >>> >>> Should they not also be buildable and installable from a 4.10 or >>> 4.11 system >>> in order to preserve the -stable upgrade route ? >>> >> >> This would be good, yes, but there are so many other gotchas with that >> upgrade path that I don't consider it a show-stopper for it not to work. >> Once the 5.2 -> 5.3 path is fixed, then we can focus on 4.x -> 5.3 path. >> >> Scott > > > Just to let people know, I recently installed from 5.2.1, then updated to > -CURRENT via source without a single problem. So what's not working here? > > Ken > > Hmm, maybe I'm mis-informed then. I thought that snapshots.jp.freebsd.org was having problems building the 5.2-CURRENT sources because it's world was too old, and that this pointed to a source upgrade problem. I guess we need clarification here. David? ScottReceived on Wed Aug 04 2004 - 14:29:36 UTC
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