[BUGA] Installing FBSD 5.3 and 5.4

Daniel O'Connor doconnor at gsoft.com.au
Mon Dec 6 17:20:50 PST 2004


On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 02:36, Brian Astill wrote:
> I guess there is some small incompatibility between my system and FBSD.
> Whatever .. the effect was that as I kept CVSupdating from FBSD 4.7
> through 4.10 I gradually lost usability as first one program then
> another, failed.

How did they fail?
I would be pretty suprised if this happened to me :)

> Question 1.  Is this plan sensible and/or practical?
> Question 2. If the answer to (1.) is "No", what alternative would you
> suggest?

I wouldn't bother..
You should be able to source upgrade through the entire 5.x series after 5.3 
without _too_ much hassle.

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