Upgrading 5.3 > 6.0 buildworld failure now in libmagic

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 05:23:42PM -0700, secmgr wrote:

> >>>Update to 5.4 before trying to update to 6.0.
> >>>
> >>>Kris
> >>>     
> >>>
> >>So is there any supported direct 5.3->6.0 upgrade path, or is a stop in 
> >>5.4 ville manditory now.?
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >I tried to say that you have to update to 5.4 before you can update to
> >6.0, i.e. updates from older versions are not supported.  It may be
> >easier to do a binary upgrade (i.e. download release media and use the
> >upgrade option).
> >
> >Kris
> > 
> >
> Not to belabour this, but the 6.0 release notes do specificly say 5.3 
> RELEASE and newer.

You're right, as others have also pointed out.

> "Source upgrades to FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE are only supported from FreeBSD 
> 5.3-RELEASE or later. Users of older systems wanting to upgrade 
> 6.0-RELEASE will need to update to FreeBSD 5.3 or newer first, then to 
> FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE."
> 
> This is one of my pet peeves with FreeBSD.  You can read the Release 
> Notes, the UPDATING, the ERRATA, the HARDWARE, thinking you've prepped 
> yourself for the upgrade, and still be screwed.  If RE wants to change 
> the requirements for upgrading, then how bleeping hard would it be to 
> update either release notes or errata.

This didn't happen here, so you don't need to be upset at RE.

Kris
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