From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed May 10 13:11:52 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E63FD666C8 for ; Wed, 10 May 2017 13:11:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wr0-x244.google.com (mail-wr0-x244.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c0c::244]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C18E8E5C for ; Wed, 10 May 2017 13:11:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wr0-x244.google.com with SMTP id v42so8326047wrc.3 for ; Wed, 10 May 2017 06:11:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=O0M2kxbSMLjPrchftLsqGLcqI4ouqWxcZmZ4WdSEUQ0=; b=r4L6sHU+BxcwClE6MpXVGHu4ZgcI7uawvmYRaK5mwFWiOcxUhLQqeVwd4t053rmGjP 8BHNSXfsMBfahANCYqhmE+BDIA/KZV3Owf8JX1XkzbeT23Te2yx2vqbU9H144WAKgaMn vbuGoFPXZdpHiNTW76unBIwcU3Vf+jeRGtk41uZodQh9FxLzXSOzb/9ymEhbYs1Xw37k f03qoKxRPH17D9W2YRkyDFldcDcJDdTD89ZqZwV7w4nRWbplwHSZSc0Vp6ZW0pq//qd2 GZjxsDUCsmaHJNvMIv+jNWH+l1wpdBz0G1pNheWF/g6orB/hibLAyoJoIPijW9+5PvJ6 dkgg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=O0M2kxbSMLjPrchftLsqGLcqI4ouqWxcZmZ4WdSEUQ0=; b=BYSJ1tpkFy/0dYgilRkDXQJO6o6sAZZT8ahF7r6y3rPASuBQ0iy1f9zFIjLzRb8HP4 RPe3K+KBXdIlppaKxgFyRtxSm1NBgJ8d7aA8cp2WctIx5lW5PBTOCGxK7erD0Z2o7VT1 ZTAjK8Br3nBBFhdevfMbGCW+ZECW7PV1SXRzw8YpAk8syXTsxKnBzi835r8aC0XspcoQ kqyAv3ELr6zvgdl9EsjsFrpNz7C1GmOOUcfRFs4MMfM5opBmyxLLyVy9a/+DYcmE9EuY 9o0x1EewapibF6NaWYKTiqQUJrsqaHhgAIXfxuMyBZ/og8OPEOFHqEKgBM5iYA+ZEd6C Hu/Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcApajYrhb5YXPFjvbDOxhZkyR1ya74VMkD1RC1E9sr6FnQd5bwt VbDtxXM0AmyGk+A7 X-Received: by 10.223.129.4 with SMTP id 4mr3950880wrm.153.1494421909862; Wed, 10 May 2017 06:11:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com ([81.17.24.158]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w96sm3432765wrc.14.2017.05.10.06.11.47 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Wed, 10 May 2017 06:11:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 14:11:45 +0100 From: RW 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: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 13:11:52 -0000 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