Upgrading 7.1 to 7.3, use 7.2 as a safe step?

[Chuck Swiger]

On Feb 25, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Nerius Landys wrote:
> For me, time can be spared, but errors should be avoided at all costs.
> I have upgraded FreeBSD before, for example 7.0 -> 7.1.  I use the
> buildworld/buildkernel procedure.
> I now have a 7.1 system.  Should I upgrade to 7.2 and then to 7.3, or
> is it safe to go directly from 7.1 to 7.3?

You shouldn't run into any unusual issues.  Note that more care is needed if you are doing a major version bump-- ie, you should go to 7.4 -> 8.0 -> 8.2.

Regards,
-- 
-Chuck