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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@...>
Subject: Re: upgrading from 2005 S1 to 2008.0?
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:50:39 -0500
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Douglas J Hunley
<doug@...> wrote:
> Is it possible to upgrade an existing 2005 S1 install to 2008.0? I gave it a
> quick try and ran into multiple issues. Before I expend hrs trying to make it
> work, does anyone know if it's an exercise in futility or not? Thx

It may be possible by unpacking one of the stage tarballs from the
newer profile and using that to jump-start the rest of the process...
i've never done it so I am only guessing.

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml

The upgrading guide mentions doing a "voodoo dance" so that may not be
a good sign. :)


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