From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 27 08:54:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE7B61065671 for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:54:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc) Received: from bene1.itea.ntnu.no (bene1.itea.ntnu.no [IPv6:2001:700:300:3::56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF6528FC14 for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:54:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bene1.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id C61E016C6C2 for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:54:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from maren.thelosingend.net (maren.math.ntnu.no [129.241.211.48]) by bene1.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with SMTP id E3BA016C87B for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:54:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 90392 invoked by uid 88); 27 Jul 2008 10:53:59 +0200 Received: from maren.math.ntnu.no (HELO weld.ej2.thelosingend.net) (129.241.211.48) by maren.thelosingend.net (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:53:59 +0200 Message-ID: <488C37AD.50305@lvor.halvorsen.cc> Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:54:05 +0200 From: Svein Halvor Halvorsen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080315) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Seaman References: <488B147D.5050009@lvor.halvorsen.cc> <488B5048.7080200@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <488B5048.7080200@infracaninophile.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 OpenPGP: id=9198BB40; url=mailto:pgpkey@svein.halvorsen.cc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at bene1.itea.ntnu.no Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Binary upgrade from legacy version + ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:54:19 -0000 Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: >> I want to upgrade two freebsd machines I have from 6.1-SECURITY >> and 5.3-RELEASE respectively, to the latest 7.0 release of >> FreeBSD. I don't want to cvsup and build, but prefer to use >> prebuilt binaries. Also I'd like to avoid wiping the systems, >> and starting afresh. Matthew Seaman wrote: > If your 6.1 system is using a system installed from one of the > official iso images and hasn't been locally rebuilt (upgrading > via freebsd-updates is OK though) then there is a quicker way. > See > > http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11.html Now this is what I'm talking about! I can't relly remember anymore, since it's so long ago, but I'm pretty sure I upgraded the box that is now 6.1 from some 5.x version, taking a binary route. I can't find the instructions anymore. Maybe I'm mistaken :-/ Upgrading FreeBSD across major versions is such a drag, that I allways postpone it. And now it's way overdue. I guess I just have to bite the bullet and wipe the system clean, and start afresh. The 6.1 system seem to be running 7.0-p2 now, though. Thanks! It is still upgrading ports. Fortunately this box does nothing important, and is just my personal playground. If something gets messed up, noe problem. I'm trying to upgrade the ports binary as well, using "portupgrade -a -PP", and it seems to get the packages from RELEASE, not the latest versions that are in the ports tree. But as long as all ports use the same consistent set, I'm pretty sure it will work out nicely. My local ports tree will be out of sync, though, which might cause problems later? Is there a problem using the prebuilt packages from STABLE on a RELEASE box? If I want to run RELEASE, and still use the latest packages? The ABI is consistent between STABLE and RELEASE, right? Also, re: the freebsd-update, if I've built a system from source, say 7.0-RELEASE. And I want to upgrade it binary to -p2. If my home built system is basically like the prebuilt release, I should be fine, but freebsd-update won't let me do this, right? Anyway to overcome this? Thanks! Svein