On 06/22/17 23:11, Stuart Henderson wrote: > These warnings mean something like: "don't move straight from a release > or an older snapshot directly to building new code from source (whether > that's -current or a newer release)". > > If there is much of a gap between the version you're running and the > version you want to move to, boot the install kernel from a recent > snapshot and 'u'pgrade to that, then boot and upgrade all packages > (pkg_add -u).
Thanks, that answers my question nicely. Perhaps in faq/current.html after: "You should always use a snapshot as the starting point for running -current. Upgrading by compiling your own source code is not supported." should be added: "You can upgrade from the most recent release to a snapshot using the snapshot's installer." Or similar. hth, t
