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authorgjb <gjb@FreeBSD.org>2015-02-02 21:09:23 +0000
committergjb <gjb@FreeBSD.org>2015-02-02 21:09:23 +0000
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Move the 'Upgrading from Previous Releases of FreeBSD'
section to the top of the file, following the introduction. Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml44
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
index e0625f3..8c51752 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,28 @@
&release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para>
</sect1>
+ <sect1 xml:id="upgrade">
+ <title>Upgrading from Previous Releases of &os;</title>
+
+ <para arch="amd64,i386">Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions
+ (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported
+ using the &man.freebsd-update.8; utility. The binary upgrade
+ procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as
+ unmodified GENERIC kernels distributed as a part of an official
+ &os; release. The &man.freebsd-update.8; utility requires that
+ the host being upgraded have Internet connectivity.</para>
+
+ <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os;
+ base system from source code) from previous versions are
+ supported, according to the instructions in
+ <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para>
+
+ <important>
+ <para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after backing up
+ <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration files.</para>
+ </important>
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 xml:id="new">
<title>What's New</title>
@@ -825,26 +847,4 @@
<para>&nbsp;</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
-
- <sect1 xml:id="upgrade">
- <title>Upgrading from Previous Releases of &os;</title>
-
- <para arch="amd64,i386">Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions
- (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported
- using the &man.freebsd-update.8; utility. The binary upgrade
- procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as
- unmodified GENERIC kernels distributed as a part of an official
- &os; release. The &man.freebsd-update.8; utility requires that
- the host being upgraded have Internet connectivity.</para>
-
- <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os;
- base system from source code) from previous versions are
- supported, according to the instructions in
- <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para>
-
- <important>
- <para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after backing up
- <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration files.</para>
- </important>
- </sect1>
</article>
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