On Thu, 3 Nov 2016 20:25:12 -0500 Ax0n <a...@h-i-r.net> wrote: > My advice: If you really want the performance boost and you think a > recent snapshot will provide it, make sure your backups are good and > test the snapshot on comparable hardware as best you can. I usually > restore the dump to a similar system, then boot from a snapshot > bsd.rd and choose "Upgrade", and if it works fine, then do the same > upgrade in the production environment. If it doesn't work right, > troubleshoot it and file a bug report, or wait a few days and try > another snapshot. Or both. Whenever I've had to do this in prod or on > a system I rely on daily, I tend to stick with that one working > snapshot unless something gets strange. > > You can jump back from your mid-cycle snapshot to -RELEASE when 6.1 > becomes available (presuming the changes you want are included in the > release), and then, track -STABLE with cvs, manual patches from > errata or use M:Tier's openup script. > > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 8:01 PM, <s...@stanleylieber.com> wrote: > > [...] > [...] > [...] >
IIRC (and I might not) the only supported path from -current to release is reinstallation. -- Edward Ahlsen-Girard Ft Walton Beach, FL
