From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 17:54:48 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3FFB3AB8 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:54:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.webtent.net (mx1.webtent.net [208.38.145.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C7BC7F3 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:54:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Exchange) with ESMTP id E221FD7A8F; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:54:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from mx1.webtent.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx1.webtent.net [127.0.0.1]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 55777-10; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:54:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from mx2.webtent.net (mx2.webtent.net [216.139.202.4]) by mx1.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Exchange) with ESMTP id 933CFD7A7E; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:54:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx2.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Exchange) with ESMTP id 77F19D7B23; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:54:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from mx2.webtent.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx2.webtent.net [127.0.0.1]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 76179-06-2; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:54:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (CPE-76-177-123-62.natcky.res.rr.com [76.177.123.62]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: robert@mx2.webtent.net) by mx2.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Exchange) with ESMTPSA id 80404D7B19; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:54:44 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <54B7FEE3.3000007@webtent.org> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:54:43 -0500 From: Robert Fitzpatrick User-Agent: Postbox 3.0.11 (Windows/20140602) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Damien Fleuriot Subject: Re: Upgrading a FreeBSD 7.1 server References: <54B7E910.60206@webtent.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: WebTent Mailguard 1.0.3 X-Virus-Scanned: WebTent Mailguard 1.0.3 Cc: FreeBSD 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 17:54:48 -0000 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