Re: Oct 3rd snapshot to 3.2-stable

["Marco Peereboom" <slash@peereboom.us>]

I have a bunch of those snapshots running without problems. On two of those
boxes I upgraded about once a week until code got frozen. I saw no issues.

/marco

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Matteo" <marcm@lectroid.net>
To: <misc@openbsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 23:54
Subject: Oct 3rd snapshot to 3.2-stable


> Hi all,
>
> Um, how upgradeable is the Oct 3rd (i386) snapshot for upgrading to
> 3.2-stable?
>
> I have a client that created a machine with that snapshot with the
> intent to go to 3.2-stable.  When they asked me for my opinion on that I
> just said "Uh... I don't know... I'll get back to you."
>
> (I am aware of the "rules" that say snapshots are for tracking -current
> and don't even try to downgrade from -current to -stable.)
>
> So is a machine running the Oct 3 (i386) snapshot:
>
> 1) Cleanly source upgradeable via 'make build' or...
> 2) Forget the source, upgradeable via the 3.2 tarballs when they're
> released or...
> 3) Hosed.  Either track -current or start over with a fresh install.
>
> Thanks,
> Marc