what would take to allow binary upgrade to amd64?

[Rob Farmer]

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Eitan Adler <lists at eitanadler.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Rob Farmer <rfarmer at predatorlabs.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Eitan Adler <lists at eitanadler.com> wrote:
>>> I know that attempting to change from i386 to amd64 is is not possible
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>> The proper procedure for such an upgrade is as follows:
> ....
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>> If the thought of reformatting your system is scary, because you don't
>> have backups or aren't sure they are comprehensive or work, then solve
>> that problem, rather than trying to invent workarounds to cover for
>> bad system administration. It will serve you much better in the long
>> run.
> This isn't my question. I know how to currently perform the upgrade.
>
> My question is
> a) is it possible in theory to allow binary upgrades to be done?
> and b) if yes how much work would it take?

Sure, its possible. But my point was that it is not a good idea and
not something worth encouraging via tools like freebsd-upgrade. What
is the use case you have in mind for this where a reformat isn't an
option?

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Rob Farmer

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