From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Tue Dec 31 15:19:35 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@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 898CC1D70D1 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2019 15:19:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) Received: from mailrelay101.isp.belgacom.be (mailrelay101.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.20.128]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "relay.skynet.be", Issuer "GlobalSign RSA OV SSL CA 2018" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47nHyv0n0Xz4NG8 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2019 15:19:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tijl@freebsd.org) IronPort-SDR: hK14dPenAsEd9KFWY55w/bM59GxEtpJyfFF6+CORQIL1qXdnmXPEaZYLzt3jU+tQYwVxUoqTcF 3r5fuIB/TmhDyWMVHRPNPV/x/PJ1AOXi2FZ1fOOfaVruY/C6A4jlJOc1DkI2gxvIEUd2dAZlGS WRAQY8iYueFdTHGg1vryAkaqcSRP3aVHmpy2vuM2QZvoZ8EM1L7NfSssD1PeXT1/9zeX9mrjhu +qBl9wqkng0H7iB9rR8igmevjBjKQSmNCMCdNfjjPD3XOUZTOS80jAExDLJR/pDQFcAqO7i78h if4= X-Belgacom-Dynamic: yes X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2BbEwCYZgte/1tL8lFlHAEBAQEBBwE?= =?us-ascii?q?BEQEEBAEBgXyCKVkTVAEgEiqNDIYRAYIQiluQWAkBAQIBAQEBASsMAQGEQAK?= =?us-ascii?q?BZic4EwIDAQELAQEFAQEBAQEFBG2Ea0wMhV8BBTocIxALGAklD0gGE4Mjgns?= =?us-ascii?q?LrnSETkFAg2KBBYE2jDOCAIQkPoJkBIdPBJcVlwp0gj6HM45aJ4JGdpcbLY9?= =?us-ascii?q?rhwyUFSKBWE0wCIMnCQo9GA2NHheIZIVAQAMwAQGQJwEB?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2BbEwCYZgte/1tL8lFlHAEBAQEBBwEBEQEEBAEBgXyCK?= =?us-ascii?q?VkTVAEgEiqNDIYRAYIQiluQWAkBAQIBAQEBASsMAQGEQAKBZic4EwIDAQELA?= =?us-ascii?q?QEFAQEBAQEFBG2Ea0wMhV8BBTocIxALGAklD0gGE4MjgnsLrnSETkFAg2KBB?= =?us-ascii?q?YE2jDOCAIQkPoJkBIdPBJcVlwp0gj6HM45aJ4JGdpcbLY9rhwyUFSKBWE0wC?= =?us-ascii?q?IMnCQo9GA2NHheIZIVAQAMwAQGQJwEB?= Received: from 91.75-242-81.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be (HELO kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org) ([81.242.75.91]) by relay.skynet.be with ESMTP; 31 Dec 2019 16:19:32 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id xBVFJVhA018167; Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:19:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from tijl@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:19:30 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VMSzbA==?= Coosemans To: David Wolfskill Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How should follks migrate from linux_base-c6 to linux_base-c7? Message-ID: <20191231161930.4c09130e@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20191231132839.GT1088@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <20191231132839.GT1088@albert.catwhisker.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47nHyv0n0Xz4NG8 X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.94 / 15.00]; local_wl_from(0.00)[freebsd.org]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.95)[-0.948,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.99)[-0.995,0]; ASN(0.00)[asn:5432, ipnet:195.238.0.0/19, country:BE] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 15:19:35 -0000 On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 05:28:39 -0800 David Wolfskill wrote: > As noted in > , > the -c6 ports "expire tomorrow." > > I don't see a documented process for migrating from linux_base-c6 to > linux_base-c7; perhaps I'm being thicker than usual. > > For example, from prior migrations (e.g., the 20141209 entry in > ports/UPDATING), there's a mention of: > > | 2. Persistently update the Linux kernel version in /etc/sysctl.conf: > | > | compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18 This was needed when the default value was 2.4., but nowadays the default is already higher than 2.6.18 so you can just remove this. Besides that it's just a matter of removing c6 packages and installing c7 packages.