From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 12 15:28:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D51B816A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:28:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd4mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EB3543D46 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:28:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com) Received: from pd4mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr2so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.213]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I0Q00FKWVU9OV@l-daemon> for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:18:09 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml5so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.149]) by pd4mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I0Q008L6VU9GBB0@pd4mr2so.prod.shaw.ca> for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:18:09 -0600 (MDT) Received: from francisco.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (S010600609761a671.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.202.31]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I0Q00EG0VU81K@l-daemon> for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:18:09 -0600 (MDT) Received: from localhost (hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com [192.168.23.1]) by francisco.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6CFI63g023644; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 08:18:06 -0700 Received: from aardvark by localhost with local (Exim 4.32) id 1Bk2ZC-0003bF-4D; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 08:18:06 -0700 Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 08:18:05 -0700 From: Saint Aardvark the Carpeted In-reply-to: Sender: aardvark To: Edmund Morgan Message-id: <20040712151805.GA2344@hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040523i References: cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Information X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:28:05 -0000 Edmund Morgan disturbed my sleep to write: > Hi, > Can I apply the packages for FreeBSD 4.9 to the FreeBSD 4.10 OS? > Thanks As a rule, there shouldn't be any problem with this. After all, people regularly upgrade by running "make world" -- this bumps up their version of FreeBSD, but leaves their packages unchanged. I suppose there's a chance that a change in FreeBSD could break a package, but I think that's pretty unlikely. The only downside to using old packages is, well, they're old -- newer versions may have extra features, or (more importantly) may have security or bug fixes. The best way to upgrade is to use the portupgrade tool, which can be found in /usr/ports/sysutils. A good introduction to portupgrade can be found at: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html HTH. -- Saint Aardvark the Carpeted aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com Because the plural of Anecdote is Myth.