From owner-freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Wed Sep 9 13:02:42 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-pkg@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92A8D3D0921 for ; Wed, 9 Sep 2020 13:02:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rene@freebsd.org) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BmhyB3RqBz4FbM for ; Wed, 9 Sep 2020 13:02:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rene@freebsd.org) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 7645B3D08A2; Wed, 9 Sep 2020 13:02:42 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: pkg@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 760973D08A1 for ; Wed, 9 Sep 2020 13:02:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rene@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [96.47.72.132]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "freefall.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BmhyB2ZCvz4FMZ; Wed, 9 Sep 2020 13:02:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rene@freebsd.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1599656562; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=YnU0XwfzbxDbSc5ju0HLVdG9fhqsNct80CkG6cWp9wc=; b=PleSbsn2YsihssyN+cVS6pIKApCGly2a+MUv0eW67D2XM7hTP0eaAO2ELCYfCwXDhYjlLe 6Ckg2JLK3neI2fTCtmfKbIv0sVrve1jAD5GI9mP2FVxVdvSHlHV/2gWt6nnQosB7i7hMbw PHy1aC/tKqd5mDvUXKeNHFGVKx3ilslWlCPsTdEUzA5xXBZgb89CavnwsHU5ZFHgum3Vwd ILtRl3VmS2WU53yTk6MeibrnriGQLr9urLqldbudrjq0PSoRVmr/m8UriFOW/7pn88OcmM Eo7cNapuOgnS7r30oeiOua2E9q8U6nHeA9gIPLXeF0YoK5qibndubCDW9xt6hQ== Received: by freefall.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1185) id 455A11405B; Wed, 9 Sep 2020 13:02:42 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 13:02:42 +0000 From: Rene Ladan To: rainer@ultra-secure.de Cc: pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Exploring the updateability of FreeBSD 8.2 -> 12.1 Message-ID: <20200909130242.GA90890@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <2a78c4416eaa4bb90665075743ba7e7a@ultra-secure.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <2a78c4416eaa4bb90665075743ba7e7a@ultra-secure.de> ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1599656562; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=YnU0XwfzbxDbSc5ju0HLVdG9fhqsNct80CkG6cWp9wc=; b=WzBMZo1dpaLuq8pFvnMPYt2U3pOVWt7Q/KX9YXpNqhXbM0/ijXGBWwhDMuG84AyMuTJ9Kr 38tbK0orLuHnpWqOLmuD8K9+yY97qOkeefSrxmpWR+WjngQ8KZC8iVaFR3PTHIOt8U+Hc4 qZyMKm7P6r6u1uu0xNU36Br01JsSX0nssskRBQP8bO+urVanurrmF4FKTV0gBVWEEA1zgy lcb10D108AobAF8P8TP2OOB+63mFqCOQRQayQugHUkI+5SEzRFMj6MzpgYi7O3iUGnOWl8 +jUTJJjVfoZqu0T9wo1b6rQCQIHRDPc3dWQy9BgpYUEdrw2RW4wqm8NUiVriQA== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1599656562; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=ibH4PjZd6K+LiKzyk+EvcB025NpVU17uo3MDaLNEZKBKdrMmUaayxiWxjz/mnBO+jj8X3A 3yfj1Xhp77hT61o2lyqGhQzhB6IHxtxfU8owmY67F/38D88akz17DTX+sWJDXwiPf7bYhy 0JCDmoQkbpk8eYmcxYvt4B0JWH/9KqQHJ5gaEBCHY5KmzyF4chJOCjMcVzpIgRoa5Hnkx4 hjjgi8lL3WbrQff512gWNbcEScuhodXfs3vYQPTo9Fqr33/9f212FcBJkn87knmurUuJAO HnEJJaxB4vxQz2R/x3uug4RXE4kULEo3UKo/SrQtVHiLlEtPrrYKZ3BKxcnn5w== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none X-BeenThere: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Binary package management and package tools discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:02:42 -0000 On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 09:40:38AM +0200, rainer@ultra-secure.de wrote: > Hi, > > I may be in a position to have to upgrade a FreeBSD 8.2 host to a > supported version (so I can install the latest packages). > > Obviously, this is still with the old pkg_* tools. > > Do I do the conversion at the end (when I'm on 12.1) or at the beginning > (when I'm on 9.3)? I think it is best to do it as early as possible. ports-mgmt/pkg used to have a script pkg2ng to do this conversion for you but it no longer does. > > I have my own pourdriere package builder and thanks to some hoarding, I > think I still have pretty much all the packages even of 9.something, > somewhere. > Mmm, perhaps it is a good idea to delete the old-generation packages and replace them with these cached packages first and then upgrade the OS and packages? René