How to upgrade

[Ricardo Jesus]

On 10/12/2009 15:50, Alexandre L. wrote:
> I think you wrong.
> I read the Official Announce for FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/announce.html
> You can find this sentence : "Systems running 7.[012]-RELEASE, 8.0-BETA[1234], or 8.0-RC[123] can upgrade as follows:"
>
> You can upgrade directly from 7.1 to 8.0 with the steps described in the Handbook (from sources with csup or binaries with freebsd-update).
>
> You must recompile your ports after this major upgrade.
>
> Alexandre.
>
> --- En date de : Jeu 10.12.09, Ricardo Jesus<ricardo.meb.jesus at gmail.com>  a écrit :
>
>> De: Ricardo Jesus<ricardo.meb.jesus at gmail.com>
>> Objet: Re: How to upgrade
>> À: "Dimitar Trandov"<d.trandov at tcebank.com>
>> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>> Date: Jeudi 10 Décembre 2009, 13h35
>> On 10/12/2009 10:36, Dimitar Trandov
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi list,
>>> Yesterday I decided to upgrade my server, which
>> currently running 7.1rel.
>>> p8. Do I have to first upgrade to 7.2 release and then
>> to 8.0, or instead of
>>> this, directly do a safe step to 8.0 release ?
>>> Thanks in advance
>>>
>>> Dimitar,
>>>
>>>
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>> 7.2 first then 8.0.
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Either way you achieve your goal. And there is nothing like reading the 
documentation before upgrading.