Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 14:11:45 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended Way To Update Old Systems To Current Versions Message-ID: <20170510141145.301735f8@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <CY4PR20MB154453DE4CDB04AC8B75C774B3EF0@CY4PR20MB1544.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> References: <CY4PR20MB154453DE4CDB04AC8B75C774B3EF0@CY4PR20MB1544.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
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On Tue, 9 May 2017 16:57:09 +0000 Drew Tomlinson wrote: > I=E2=80=99m running two boxes with FreeBSD and both have been neglected f= or > years. One is running 9.1-RELEASE-p1 and the other is running > 10.0-RELEASE. I like to upgrade both to the current version of 11 > and upgrade all the ports as well. I=E2=80=99ve used FreeBSD since versi= on > 4.x and am used to downloading source, running make kernel and make > world, and then running portupgrade to force upgrades of all > installed ports. However it appears I am so out of date that I can=E2=80= =99t > follow that process anymore. Something to do with a change in > 20170117 that won=E2=80=99t allow unsupported systems to build ports? =20 I don't see your problem, that doesn't stop you updating world, once you've updated world you will have a supported system for building ports.=20 > So what is the recommended way to upgrade? Binary first? I'd stick to what I know IIWY.=20
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