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Subject: Re: Upgrading a FreeBSD 7.1 server
From: Cristiano Deana <cristiano.deana@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Mike Clarke
<jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> wrote:
>> Is it possible to upgrade a FreeBSD 7.1 server, perhaps a step up
>> process to 8.4 first? We have a virtual server that we prefer not to
>> reinstall all packages.
>
> Packages are not compatible between major revision levels of the OS so you'll
> need to reinstall all your packages anyway whatever upgrade route you take.


Why not?

# grep COMPAT_FREEBSD7 GENERIC
options         COMPAT_FREEBSD7         # Compatible with FreeBSD7

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