Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:20:38 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Robert Fitzpatrick <robert@webtent.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading a FreeBSD 7.1 server Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK1n%2B6jjdKJEViw0==EiCtq6fny_G-KRJTmpH0JUVQLoLw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2320530.UhQR8an0Kq@curlew.lan> References: <54B7E910.60206@webtent.org> <2320530.UhQR8an0Kq@curlew.lan>
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> wrote: > On Thursday 15 Jan 2015 11:21:36 Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > Is it possible to upgrade a FreeBSD 7.1 server, perhaps a step up > > process to 8.4 first? We have a virtual server that we prefer not to > > reinstall all packages. > > Packages are not compatible between major revision levels of the OS > Actually they largely are assuming the compat shims are installed. pkgs which include kernel mods like virtualbox aren't so much. Also pkg_ -> pkgng can be a little rough too. -- Adam
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