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| author | Miod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2002-07-04 18:06:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Miod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2002-07-04 18:06:46 +0000 |
| commit | 5bcf8d878c4b9416857aaa402375cc4e9b5b7450 (patch) | |
| tree | ae3d0c7f04b2256c4585d853646455f3abb5c879 /distrib | |
| parent | 103a0b55a80106dbc1d94007db5bf8648fbdae69 (diff) | |
Add a few scary notes about the upgrade process, and advise people to
backup their data and reinstall when the release gap is too big.
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib')
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/m4.common | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/m4.common b/distrib/notes/m4.common index 1f977e7495b..f8f63f4d4b8 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/m4.common +++ b/distrib/notes/m4.common @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ dnl -dnl $OpenBSD: m4.common,v 1.35 2002/06/09 05:53:54 todd Exp $ +dnl $OpenBSD: m4.common,v 1.36 2002/07/04 18:06:45 miod Exp $ dnl dnl simulate an include path with a macro 'includeit'. define(`includeit',`sinclude('INCLUDE/`$1)sinclude('INCLUDE/../`$1)')dnl @@ -620,7 +620,13 @@ dnl dnl OpenBSDUpgrade({:-<list of available boot methods>-:})dnl dnl Parameter is optional. define({:-OpenBSDUpgrade-:}, -{:-To upgrade OpenBSD OSREV from a previous version, start with the general +{:-Warning! Upgrades to OpenBSD OSREV are currently only supported from the +immediately previous release. The upgrade process will also work with older +releases, but might not execute some migration tasks that would be necessary +for a proper upgrade. The best solution, whenever possible, is to backup +your data and reinstall from scratch. + +To upgrade OpenBSD OSREV from a previous version, start with the general instructions in the section "Installing OpenBSD". Boot from $1. |