From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 15 18:49:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A1481065672 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:49:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f179.google.com (mail-yw0-f179.google.com [209.85.211.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 115CE8FC1A for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:49:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh9 with SMTP id 9so6029761ywh.32 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:49:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=MHJMsMdTSZvbT7F9Qyl1f/98kT/Xyzs7zOTL5t+1Gvw=; b=BhMzdezdQSFCVrfNPGfMTbGUJpW1FPHxVvzjM2XPOMNwNw/rCics2+Z9vzc8FrmXZ8 4hXysjb5kHdHd1lr/OZkcCNQ6iMr50gJwu5U5rdKqsS45w7xaQ/AVKR4AkIVv2dqIHBc jVMmnDE/ljKWjkVdhyyOZdf4u/A2VASKdGxK4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=Fwq+tGDJpW3DhgyXxPgSRvJxJPX2L+AstIjZlGm4sWEF78hEvP8TmCVd2GxoYyI98Q KEuVFktraxFHNc9iUzAPBKVCM3Ud5pL6jA7pHCf0YUxLwBRGBo42tSsLF4RotWBj+sr9 Y4cJkBfA2MiQKoKLpUy+QoTQz6IoCdEGGdtDY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.20.1 with SMTP id x1mr13021530ybi.124.1253040556396; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:49:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6201873e0909151133u2a9204e0ma9cb1ddda586c2f6@mail.gmail.com> References: <6201873e0909151133u2a9204e0ma9cb1ddda586c2f6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:49:16 -0700 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: Adam Vande More Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-current Subject: Re: Source level upgrade from 4.9 to CURRENT.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:49:18 -0000 On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Thomas Backman >wrote: > > > 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 ? > You can't go directly from 4.x to 7.x. You have to do it in multiple steps. The most conservative method would be: 4.9 --> 4-STABLE (RELENG_4) 4-STABLE --> 5.0 (RELENG_5_0_0_RELEASE) 5.0 --> 5-STABLE (RELENG_5) 5-STABLE --> 6.0 (RELENG_6_0_0_RELEASE) 6.0 --> 6-STABLE (RELENG_6) 6-STABLE --> 7.0 (RELENG_7_0_0_RELEASE) 7.0 --> 7.2 (RELENG_7_2) Some of those steps may be possible to skip. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com