From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Jul 22 09:47:11 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84567BA1D9D for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:47:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22e.google.com (mail-wm0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B22A1D89; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:47:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id i5so58437625wmg.0; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 02:47:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=OBN2cqnUJ7StpnlQFlLH/jYPqdLyeMbYJIGG6Z13twc=; b=DqCAgf0grBZHOaw+iLBjAK91hWA62AUZFbmzaNQf2Jp1KhbCCXQ9UvQyEn4qUyVPbW q9D9QSgyXk5UaUWXhCRu4Opn1+QR9gzJvWGO3wRYVUQnsBnLR0N6ytm0lub50uI/tkIK 3/kQ2J23jAFLdFVeFeBPdORj2SiooUnQ8RguMl+8RedfhUlTJP/aLdxq2W7DbFxkUV7d C9QSU9MsCESscBLpZU8bwMS8ZRUwEja+Fka4jWB14a1/RKA5WQcsvu+EZY/RfgRps2lT f3D3SwO085qtueQTig8+kV0s1moAgQWiYmN70dXV1PRJGXcxCN4KJqEDn1NgBvoMnAa9 8AVw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=OBN2cqnUJ7StpnlQFlLH/jYPqdLyeMbYJIGG6Z13twc=; b=U64gNvRYWCU2JiOZV1mQwtPFXHubYerF8SKg2ZaSYT1PnvvfpnUPOail6oq43pR/31 krd03yFlnhFK7rZ0+lwCjT+P+XPfF41CLobE2JtejpLAC12IywIRVWFkToMATbS0XNOM Vs5HawJKdAraXeam6PgXmtwLKyaSfX4DtFAJUWTycd8q3Riq38HnCEB+v2vkeqqOa0yz IuF7xJrhHGoacIqOFim1AfLYiBsaT9e5rIr9U7mRP2+yDEQpDcPV8ohr3ZlNrn+mfiOZ NmnGimWv5tE2xBTLKOy4GQaXeJhuPYaZvt/bHUZJfprgsOdlzvlWkdNGoiGFCr9L/i9t UZLw== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoousw3mEdwtzEjnmndx0G3QqUdoYVOv7eD9S0e56hspDLMm7YvyEgnGBoPgrQXce/XnM1wky1j4iMg5fZCw== X-Received: by 10.194.95.105 with SMTP id dj9mr66382wjb.20.1469180829158; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 02:47:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.28.216.81 with HTTP; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 02:47:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1a31ac70-0036-6ed8-6549-8cb05cbea5b3@freebsd.org> References: <1a31ac70-0036-6ed8-6549-8cb05cbea5b3@freebsd.org> From: krad Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:47:08 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Upgrading 10.3 -> 11 To: Matthew Seaman Cc: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 09:47:11 -0000 excellent, so its a soft introduction then by the looks of things. Presumably with a view to a fully fledged implementation for 12? On 22 July 2016 at 10:43, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 07/22/16 10:10, krad wrote: > > Hi, as 11 is getting closeish to release is there anything special we > need > > to do in order to upgrade from 10 -> 11. I usually use the makeworld > > method, but I heard that in 11 the base os would be packaged in a > different > > way using pkgng. I cant find any hard information on this though, so > > currently is just looks like a normal makeworld type upgrade will work > with > > all the normal caveats. Am I correct in my thinking? > > Assuming you're talking about running 11-STABLE, then yes, a normal > makeworld cycle will get you upgraded to 11.0 -- plus all the extra bits > needed for a major version upgrade, like reinstalling all your ports so > they link against the new shlibs in the updated system. > > If you want to run 11.0-RELEASE, once it comes out, you can use > freebsd-update(8) to upgrade to it. > > Packaged base is coming, but it's not going to be in place for > 11.0-RELEASE. Current plans are it will go live with 11.1-RELEASE, and > there will be detailed instructions on how to manage the 11.0-RELEASE > (freebsd-update) to 11.1-RELEASE (PkgBase) transition at that time. > > If you'ld like to help testing and developing base packages, subscribe > to the freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org mailing list and start by following > the instructions at https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase > > At the moment though, all the PkgBase stuff is entirely voluntary -- you > can choose to opt in if you want. There's no expectation that 11.0 > systems will have base system packages registered, and you can manage an > 11.0 system exactly as you have previously been managing earlier system > versions. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > >