From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 26 16:27:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7863A1065682 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:27:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6ECC8FC0C for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:27:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6QGQtnE096633; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:27:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.6.0 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk m6QGQtnE096633 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1217089623; bh=1gzQDFAwyfLWzl 5aN46YTKH8priyXGgolg2p+8Kz9p0=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version: To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type: Date:From:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Mes sage-ID:=20<488B5048.7080200@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20Sat,=2 026=20Jul=202008=2017:26:48=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman=20|Organization:=20Infracaninophile|User -Agent:=20Thunderbird=202.0.0.16=20(X11/20080726)|MIME-Version:=201 .0|To:=20Svein=20Halvor=20Halvorsen=20|C C:=20questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20Binary=20upgrade=20from =20legacy=20version|References:=20<488B147D.5050009@lvor.halvorsen. cc>|In-Reply-To:=20<488B147D.5050009@lvor.halvorsen.cc>|X-Enigmail- Version:=200.95.6|Content-Type:=20multipart/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpg p-sha256=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A =20boundary=3D"------------enigD05E512F8B1F9429287787D0"; b=oiVqPHF dSjlPMRRVmhT12wiZVidfokP696zC81xn+wW5PTK3hZ8mmedLNGZbJAX50wlmEaULDZ IW+k18rFRL41lUZgif0hczN0aSBGNvL4xt59YDO8Gu0hMyLZn15/MFyG6OfCmiYIzJa Wh1m6js/sRXiXU5I4RADi+J4wwWRNM= Message-ID: <488B5048.7080200@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:26:48 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080726) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Svein Halvor Halvorsen References: <488B147D.5050009@lvor.halvorsen.cc> In-Reply-To: <488B147D.5050009@lvor.halvorsen.cc> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigD05E512F8B1F9429287787D0" X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:27:03 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.3/7835/Sat Jul 26 16:48:50 2008 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Binary upgrade from legacy version X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:27:10 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD05E512F8B1F9429287787D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: > Hi, list! >=20 > I want to upgrade two freebsd machines I have from 6.1-SECURITY and > 5.3-RELEASE respectively, to the latest 7.0 release of FreeBSD. I > don't want to cvsup and build, but prefer to use prebuilt binaries. > Also I'd like to avoid wiping the systems, and starting afresh. >=20 > I know this might break my systems and are willing to take the risk. > I also reqognize that I probably have to rebuild a lot of ports > afterwards. >=20 > What steps do I take to increase my probablity of success? How do I > do this the cleanest way possible? Could I just get all the > distfiles and put them on top of my old system? How do I find files > that are to be deleted from the old system? The cleanest way possible really is wipe and reinstall. For your 5.3 systems, I'd strongly recommend you do exactly that -- 5.3 is almost = certainly too old to support the newer upgrading mechanisms that have come into use since it was released and upgrading by cvsup+rebuild will be exceedingly tedious, as you'll have to take it in a number of steps to= get all the way to 7.0. For your 6.1 systems, you can update by cvsup+rebuild to RELENG_6_3 in one step, or via there to RELENG_7_0 in two. (Actually, you can probably do 6.1->7.0 in one step, but it's not guaranteed to work properly) You will need to rebuild all your installed software, which is not a trivial = undertaking but once you've got past the first few hurdles rapidly become= s=20 nothing more than time-consuming. If your 6.1 system is using a system installed from one of the official iso images and hasn't been locally rebuilt (upgrading via freebsd-updates= is OK though) then there is a quicker way. See http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11.html Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigD05E512F8B1F9429287787D0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkiLUE8ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxsjwCeJbdOfpUMzFLf+sGgLXR7hV9L M3oAnjCW+QpMC8KoLHd4/unLPrsvEP2p =Lypk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD05E512F8B1F9429287787D0--