From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 17 20:36:30 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F34E0681 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:36:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from rc3.surewest.net (rc3.surewest.net [66.60.130.52]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8FF018A for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:36:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp4.surewest.net ([66.60.130.145]) by rc3.surewest.net ({89e988b2-2a53-469e-91f0-3e9924092bec}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20130317203619855; Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:36:19 +0000 X-RC-FROM: Received: from smtpauth.surewest.net (smtpauth.surewest.net [66.60.130.153]) by smtp4.surewest.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F023E893E0; Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:36:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (mykitchentable.net [69.62.230.77]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtpauth.surewest.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D5BA79C1AD; Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:36:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (tagalong-II.mykitchentable.net [192.168.1.45]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7ADC11655F8; Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:36:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=mykitchentable.net; s=default; t=1363552578; bh=gKg0lWgAdNgLU8nO1gI2+QYc/uh867ns2D1kI3e2rl8=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=gy44ENquPZQf8Am84BM2Ff7lSywP8tFFJ1RlD2tfVSvEfeJcdaOVX+TZzunGtFrHx 6nmNs5tj2Y31q0FWw5Iad+/nN8X04/u0MDo8IK2EdOG2e8gsr/Pzs68poeTxDuQK66 Mx6E0BjDIqQwOGSNVfb3zm5/vpr3zA5q3den6sfU= Message-ID: <51462939.1080609@mykitchentable.net> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:36:09 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130307 Thunderbird/17.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fbsd8 , Dan Nelson , odhiambo@gmail.com Subject: Re: Upgrade from 6.4 to 9.1? References: <5144CB0A.6010801@mykitchentable.net> <20130316200152.GD80810@dan.emsphone.com> <5144F65B.6080302@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <5144F65B.6080302@a1poweruser.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 130317-0, 03/17/2013), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-MAG-OUTBOUND: surewest.redcondor.net@66.60.130.145/32 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:36:30 -0000 On 3/16/2013 3:46 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > Dan Nelson wrote: >> In the last episode (Mar 16), Drew Tomlinson said: >>> I have an old system happily running 6.4 but am finding that it can no >>> longer download or build a ports index. Thus I guess it's time to >>> upgrade. >>> >>> What "gotchas" do I need to look out for? In the past my upgrades have >>> always been simply downloading new source, reviewing kernel config >>> file, >>> and then rebuilding the system. Any ports that didn't work after >>> that I >>> would just rebuild as well. However I've never waited this long to >>> upgrade. Do I need to do anything different? >> >> You won't be able to do a straight source build from 6.4 to 9.1; too >> many >> low-level changes like Makefile syntax and compiler options have >> changed. If you are comfortable with temporarily disabling >> non-essential things that >> fail to build, it is definitely possible to do a long jump to 9.1, >> but it'd >> be safer to either hop from 6.4 -> (7-stable or 8-stable) -> 9 doing >> buildkernels and buildworlds, or just do a binary upgrade of kernel >> and base >> system to 9.1. >> > > The best approach is to backup your user data and do a fresh install > from 9.1 cdrom. You will bypass a bunch of headaches which may in the > end force you to do a fresh install anyway. And it will save you a lot > of compile time. It's alway a good feeling to know you have a pristine > system when you start having problems. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give these a try. Cheers, Drew -- Like card tricks? Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse to learn card magic secrets for free! http://alchemistswarehouse.com