Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:51:47 +0200 From: Thomas Backman <serenity@exscape.org> To: Rom Albuquerque <a_romolo@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Source level upgrade from 4.9 to CURRENT.. Message-ID: <F594CA78-1AB9-4C5E-B787-5A05B1A88660@exscape.org> In-Reply-To: <SNT114-W30A82828223906987304DBEDE30@phx.gbl> References: <SNT114-W30A82828223906987304DBEDE30@phx.gbl>
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On Sep 15, 2009, at 7:36 PM, Rom Albuquerque wrote:
> Hi folks. Need help in doing the following, but first want to check
> and see if it is feasible with the latest release, or if I'm just
> going to
> be spinning my wheels on this one.
>
> The Objective.
> ==============
>
> I have a FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE system which I want to upgrade to 7.X
> from the source level. Had a bunch of problems installing 7.1-
> RELEASE from
> the CD distribution I got from freebsdmall.com. Several problems that
> could not mount the CD at the time of installation causing sysinstall
> to halt. So, 4.9 is installed and working, is there a source level
> backward compatibility issue between 7.x and anything older than 6.0 ?
> In other words, upgrading from the sources with such an old
> distribution is a doable task ?
>
>
> Your response is greatly appreciated.
>
> Many thanks.
I can't say how many steps are needed, but more than one.
From /usr/src/UPDATING:
20080123:
To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running
FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE. Upgrading to -current
from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems.
Regards,
Thomas
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