From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 15 19:41:46 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA22098 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 19:41:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from corp.au.triax.com (slwag1p13.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA22092 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 19:41:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@corp.au.triax.com) Received: (from jim@localhost) by corp.au.triax.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA02238; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 14:41:27 +1100 (EST) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 14:41:27 +1100 From: Jim Mock To: Greg Lehey Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: binary upgrade to 3.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <19990216144126.A2210@corp.au.triax.com> Reply-To: jim@corp.au.triax.com References: <19990216122812.A1670@corp.au.triax.com> <19990216140103.B463@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <19990216140103.B463@lemis.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 at 14:01:03 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Tuesday, 16 February 1999 at 12:28:13 +1100, Jim Mock wrote: [snip..] > > Now, I know that 3.x+ uses ELF instead of a.out binaries, and if > > I was going to upgrade with cvsup I'd need to do a > > make-aout-to-elf, which is the reason for my question. > > > > According the RELNOTES.TXT for 3.1-RELEASE, it does seem like a > > possibility.. > > > > [paste] > > In the case of using the binary upgrade option, the system will > > go straight to 3.1/ELF but also populate the //lib/aout > > directories for backwards compatibility with older binaries. > > > > In either case, going to ELF will mean that you'll have somewhat > > smaller binaries and access to a lot more compiler goodies which > > have been already been ported to other ELF environments (our older > > and somewhat crufty a.out format being largely unsupported by most > > other software projects). Those who wish to retain access to the > > older a.out dynamic executables should be sure and install the > > compat22 distribution. > > [end paste] > > > > So.. am I asking for trouble with a binary upgrade? > > I think the text above answers the question you ask. I think your > real question should have been "does this work OK?". > Yeah, I probably should've phrased it a little differently.. > I don't know. At least it's the path less taken. You'd be well > advised to: > > 1. Make a backup. Always =) > 2. Keep notes of what you're doing and what happens. If something > does go wrong, we'll want to fix it, even if it proves that > you've been doing the installation without adequate footguards. > No problem.. I probably won't get around to it for a few days, but if I run into any problems, I'll make it known. Thanks, -- : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | The FreeBSD' zine : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsdzine.org/ : : FreeBSD: The Power To Serve | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message