From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 17:20:39 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6DCFFE98 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:20:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-x229.google.com (mail-pa0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c03::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B54120B for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:20:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f41.google.com with SMTP id rd3so18684838pab.0 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:20:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=zm5Mzh0G0gKmJxzlFyEU2E89r/9lwdQamnEyPp+xcmk=; b=UeDNCL0+AKBZuwC0mphCSBmkzRHDdH9TqOCgjY5K/jvGkKWB/rW9zWK1B/fABiKS+Z m+gmqvfjLFzbh5K6kcBh5CNUJ70CUHwTWITSlVBL9V9QyViML+WJ/Ii5q22MIJaVB0tD k6HVZioj2FOnbSOX/Kzs5x+HYUtc3LvPbV/MPqPISUz56wZPTyWzpOeYW26Dlho6KtMq 1SNaonm5Jkm5uCij+Qg+YG2eSE1txEVpq1rMxgCZUNYZ/JgYgqdNM3wf6o9+JrRdLnx1 s4bCfOlc+MJF8j5n6DlgsmQOsUAUbVtICSsiVw5qvSkXYxYYnjr4dojPdWkVu6vk+Qxk rHzg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.66.157.67 with SMTP id wk3mr15615455pab.95.1421342438662; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:20:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.101.133 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:20:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <2320530.UhQR8an0Kq@curlew.lan> References: <54B7E910.60206@webtent.org> <2320530.UhQR8an0Kq@curlew.lan> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:20:38 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Upgrading a FreeBSD 7.1 server From: Adam Vande More To: Mike Clarke Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Robert Fitzpatrick X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:20:39 -0000 On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Mike Clarke 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