From 9a05b220d30fa462f66b79e85b4685ff0eeadf46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bruce A. Mah" Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 19:53:02 +0000 Subject: Add a warning against trying to do a binary upgrade from 4.X to 5.X. --- .../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/upgrade.sgml | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/upgrade.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/upgrade.sgml index ab6db103a25e5..7b3a62935ea6e 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/upgrade.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/upgrade.sgml @@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ &os;. This is not recommended. + + Binary upgrades to &os; &release.current; from &os; 4-STABLE + are not supported at this time. There are some files present in + a &os; 4-STABLE whose presence can be disruptive, but are not + removed by a binary upgrade. One notable example is that an old + /usr/include/g++ directory will cause C++ + programs to compile incorrectly (or not at all). + + These upgrade instructions are provided for the use of users + upgrading from relatively recent &os; &release.branch; + snapshots. + + Introduction -- cgit v1.3