freebsd stable - Jan 2008 - 4.8 -> 4.11 in-place upgrade ?

I just inherited a remote 4.8 box...Having not used RELENG_4 in eons,
just wanted to check if it's safe to "live upgrade" (make
installworld/kernel ; mergemaster) directly to 4.11 (world/kernel
already built; waiting to install). /usr/src/UPDATING doesn't seem to
indicate this is out of the question.
Tia

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Robin P. Blanchard
Systems Administrator
Information Technology Outreach Services
Carl Vinson Institute of Government
The University of Georgia
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:01:40AM -0500, Robin Blanchard
wrote:
> I just inherited a remote 4.8 box...Having not used RELENG_4 in eons,
> just wanted to check if it's safe to "live upgrade" (make
> installworld/kernel ; mergemaster) directly to 4.11 (world/kernel
> already built; waiting to install). /usr/src/UPDATING doesn't seem to
> indicate this is out of the question.
It would be best for you to just schedule a time to update the box
entirely to RELENG_7, or at least RELENG_6.  This may take less time and
induce less pain than any oddities which might appear from a 4.8->4.11
upgrade.

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