[HEADS UP] "freebsd-update rollback" broken on minor version
upgrades
Colin Percival
cperciva at freebsd.org
Fri Nov 16 06:24:06 PST 2007
Colin Percival wrote:
> A quick heads-up to everyone here using my new FreeBSD Update "upgrade"
> code: If you have performed a minor version upgrade (e.g., 6.2-RELEASE ->
> 6.3-BETA1 or 7.0-BETA1.5 -> 7.0-BETA2) please do not attempt to roll it
> back using "freebsd-update rollback".
>
> That code is currently broken and will make your system unbootable. I
> should have this fixed within the next couple of days.
I have updated the code on my website and in the FreeBSD CVS tree. Anyone
who downloads freebsd-update-upgrade.tgz from daemonology.net after this
point, or anyone using the code in 6.3-RC1 or 7.0-RC1, should be able to
rollback minor version upgrades successfully.
Colin Percival
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