From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Thu Feb 28 16:56:01 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 520A4150E7AE for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:56:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from mx0.gid.co.uk (mx0.gid.co.uk [194.32.164.250]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9EC037428C for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:55:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from [194.32.164.27] ([194.32.164.27]) by mx0.gid.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id x1SGfloU062252; Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:41:47 GMT (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: Re: source upgrade FBSD10 -> 11 (then 12) From: Bob Bishop In-Reply-To: <04a54d93-9132-5d6d-b8a7-c8a4dd8de8c5@castle.org> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:41:47 +0000 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <04a54d93-9132-5d6d-b8a7-c8a4dd8de8c5@castle.org> To: Lee Damon X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 9EC037428C X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.38 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999,0]; MX_INVALID(0.50)[greylisted]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[gid.co.uk]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.67)[-0.670,0]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[250.164.32.194.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; IP_SCORE(-1.42)[ip: (-3.95), ipnet: 194.32.164.0/24(-1.98), asn: 42831(-1.06), country: GB(-0.09)]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:42831, ipnet:194.32.164.0/24, country:GB]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:56:01 -0000 Hi, > On 28 Feb 2019, at 16:18, Lee Damon wrote: >=20 > I have three old FBSD 10 boxes that I need to upgrade. Ordinarily I do = this by building a new box with the latest OS then migrating services = and data. Unfortunately I don't have that option this time, the upgrade = has to happen in-place. My plan is to go from 10 to 11 then from 11 to = 12. >=20 > I was looking at the "Upgrading FreeBSD" part of = https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.1R/installation.html#upgrade but = unfortunately it seems to be missing a critical URL or two: >=20 > "The procedure for doing a source code based update is described in = and ." >=20 > I tracked down where I think it points and the instructions appear to = be just for same-version updates. Can I safely move /usr/src out of the = way then check out the stable/11 and compile/install it or are there = other things I need to do? See the Handbook section 23.5: = https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html > thanks, > nomad -- Bob Bishop rb@gid.co.uk