Re: Source level upgrade from 4.9 to CURRENT..

Freddie Cash wrote:
> You can't go directly from 4.x to 7.x.  You have to do it in multiple steps.
> 
> The most conservative method would be:
>   4.9 --> 4-STABLE (RELENG_4)
>   4-STABLE --> 5.0  (RELENG_5_0_0_RELEASE)
> 
>   5.0 --> 5-STABLE (RELENG_5)
>   5-STABLE --> 6.0 (RELENG_6_0_0_RELEASE)
> 
>   6.0 --> 6-STABLE (RELENG_6)
>   6-STABLE --> 7.0  (RELENG_7_0_0_RELEASE)
> 
>   7.0 --> 7.2 (RELENG_7_2)
> 
> Some of those steps may be possible to skip.


If you do follow the above advice, it would be better to go straight to 
5.3, the start of the 5-STABLE branch.

A fresh install would be far simpler and likely quicker, however.

Richard