Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:54:43 -0500 From: Robert Fitzpatrick <robert@webtent.org> To: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading a FreeBSD 7.1 server Message-ID: <54B7FEE3.3000007@webtent.org> In-Reply-To: <CAE63ME4_9L=gh8st0NcDoLqKrDxeiikxqtEuM-5Md=MM6e9-8w@mail.gmail.com> References: <54B7E910.60206@webtent.org> <CAE63ME4_9L=gh8st0NcDoLqKrDxeiikxqtEuM-5Md=MM6e9-8w@mail.gmail.com>
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Damien Fleuriot wrote: > Why upgrade ? > > Read: if it's not broken, don't fix it ;) You are so right, I would like to avoid if possible. > Also and ref your subsequent email, I strongly discourage the use of > freebsd-update , all the more for major version bumps. > At my company we ran into serious trouble with binary upgrades' > limitations (for example the inability to use it with custom kernels). > > I would humbly suggest that you familiarise yourself with the source > upgrade process. > Once you get used to it, you virtually can't bork your server. > > I updated a 6.x box to 8.3 in just the one step, not sure I could have > done it with a binary update. Mostly because of vulnerabilities like Poodle and having an issue with the ports system getting some of the latest packages. I was having an issue with the ports system on another machine with a later version and upgraded it fine. Should I be able to work out the conversion of the ports system in 7.1 to pkg? -- Robert
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