From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 25 01:36:08 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A63B016A4CE for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:36:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.194.102.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACD8843D46 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:36:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 41A9C533CA; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 18:36:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 18:36:04 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Iain Dooley Message-ID: <20050425013604.GA59847@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <426CD319.6010005@iaindooley.com> <20050425012837.GA59690@xor.obsecurity.org> <426CD723.3040906@iaindooley.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <426CD723.3040906@iaindooley.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: Uprading to 5.X from 4.X X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:36:08 -0000 --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 11:40:19AM +0000, Iain Dooley wrote: >=20 >=20 > Kris Kennaway wrote: > >On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 11:23:05AM +0000, Iain Dooley wrote: > > > >>hi all, i keep seeing comments such as "upgrading across major versions= =20 > >>is not recommended for mere mortals". so what the hell are 'mere mortal= s'=20 > >>such as myself supposed to do when we want to upgrade across major=20 > >>versions? > > > > > >Use sysinstall to do a binary upgrade, or carefully follow the > >directions in the handbook. >=20 > binary upgrade!!! brilliant, i didn't even know it existed. is there a=20 > section in the handbook on it? i couldn't find one.=20 I don't know. It might be with the release documentation. > will there be issues running programs currently installed on my system=20 > after a binary upgrade? In general no (if you install the 4.x compatibility package), but if you're going to keep using new ports/packages then it's recommended that you reinstall everything (e.g. with portupgrade) to avoid the incompatibilities that can arise if you mix and match 4.x and 5.x packages. Kris --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCbEmDWry0BWjoQKURAks/AKCCaXO3sF4Qslna77NE2GGLV9QfrACfbKcU 7uJKAU2SrTKg46QHmkd0RTU= =2u9U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI--