From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Feb 15 01:40:34 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@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 62B41F105D8 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 01:40:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from 001.las.mailroute.net (001.las.mailroute.net [199.89.4.4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.mailroute.net", Issuer "AlphaSSL CA - SHA256 - G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0289079983 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 01:40:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by 001.las.mailroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3zhf9X3rDBz8sXj; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 01:40:32 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by MailRoute Received: from 001.las.mailroute.net ([199.89.4.4]) by localhost (001.las.mailroute.net [127.0.0.1]) (mroute_mailscanner, port 10026) with LMTP id aO19Fzhif5uE; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 01:40:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.stonehenge.com (red.stonehenge.com [208.79.95.2]) by 001.las.mailroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3zhf9V0Xzvz8sXN; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 01:40:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 986401302; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:40:29 -0800 (PST) From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: "John R. Levine" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any problem going from 9.x (don't laugh) to 11 directly? References: <20180215011907.6620E1B2DE28@ary.qy> <868tbvhwix.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> x-mayan-date: Long count = 13.0.5.4.1; tzolkin = 13 Imix; haab = 19 Pax Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:40:29 -0800 In-Reply-To: (John R. Levine's message of "14 Feb 2018 20:38:23 -0500") Message-ID: <864lmjhvxu.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 01:40:34 -0000 >>>>> "John" == John R Levine writes: John> It's possible but I have several VPS running 10.4 and have yet to John> run into a port that said 11.x only. If a release is still John> supported, the ports should work on it. On the other hand there John> are plenty of ports that are abandoned and don't build at all. John> Which ones are you thinking of? I need to go back through my poudriere logs and see where the trouble is. The big problem (and why I'm still on 9) is the shoemaker's children issue. I have big bills to pay, and this is all non-billable time. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Perl/Unix/Dart consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. Still trying to think of something clever for the fourth line of this .sig