From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 25 22:19:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FB82106566C for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:19:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=030ea4740=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-002.utdallas.edu (ip-002.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.108]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 739A48FC16 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:19:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Group: None X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmAKAF+yZ02BbgogSmdsb2JhbACmRwEBIAIgvTuFYASFEI1e X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.62,227,1297058400"; d="scan'208";a="51328761" Received: from zxtm01.utdallas.edu (HELO [129.110.200.11]) ([129.110.10.32]) by ip-002.utdallas.edu with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 25 Feb 2011 15:50:41 -0600 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:50:40 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: Nerius Landys , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <7067C20FC67DC094A9561818@utd71538.local> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: Upgrading 7.1 to 7.3, use 7.2 as a safe step? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:19:31 -0000 --On February 25, 2011 1:39:47 PM -0800 Nerius Landys wrote: > For me, time can be spared, but errors should be avoided at all costs. > I have upgraded FreeBSD before, for example 7.0 -> 7.1. I use the > buildworld/buildkernel procedure. > I now have a 7.1 system. Should I upgrade to 7.2 and then to 7.3, or > is it safe to go directly from 7.1 to 7.3? > I have upgraded several times across major versions without any problems. (5.x to 6.x, 6.x to 7.x). Each time I simply changed the supfile to the version I wanted to upgrade to, fetched the files and rebuilt world and kernel. After those are complete, I run a portupgrade -a to sync all the ports with the new sources. Note that this is *not* the way to do it if you absolutely must avoid problems, however slight the risk. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell