5.5-STABLE to 88.0-RELEASE

[Randy Bush]

> I'd suggest either removing all ports, then going through the 5.5 ->
> 6.0 -> 7.0 -> 8.0 and be sure to run the mergemaster, make delete-old,
> make delete-old-libs at each stage and finally install the ports you
> need or back up your data (not the config files)

no thanks.  too much of a mess, and very little on the system that i
really need.  it's just that it is remote.  but i'll visit and install

perhaps the section labeled "To upgrade in-place from 5.x-stable to
current" should be edited or removed from /usr/src/UPDATING. :)

thanks all

randy