From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 27 14:53:42 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CB61CE62 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2014 14:53:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-x230.google.com (mail-lb0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c04::230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 514CD3C89 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2014 14:53:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f176.google.com with SMTP id c11so599759lbj.21 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2014 07:53:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=1yfqLeKWVLDcy3X9OVosX4a3EfO6yNCIMOZTVBTzag4=; b=bWlwC1Rok5jnduIJXHErXbGFaAZCSlpzLqqupmjmlWyrK3whY9H5dB6uy9IPRPzqXe HynDotE2sJjz0oW//GFLLe/NVSzzBHnvqGdyteULrMHlRUeHLjYoLMstV98qLX0YeW8V rWVZSjR14ZQPpp56xXIoA91y/OpEh0Fz2ughW/8efSv1UgAPbQwxTRaeaqSwrmkmmZas tjFRDaxSIeqKnhO0n67wdoD+jaXaOoX0NbjxdHVE8hXgqoPUinTbRpchZReueA2c2Yab PbQ7ixz05aB8sjj45lZoVtibYq8v1GgLvmKbbOwvyRLVU784EaWs8Ej6scTz380dP9TJ vEwQ== X-Received: by 10.113.5.41 with SMTP id cj9mr20221334lbd.81.1409151220090; Wed, 27 Aug 2014 07:53:40 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: royce.williams@gmail.com Received: by 10.112.135.10 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Aug 2014 07:53:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140827163817.4645e67d@bsd64.grem.de> References: <53FCF9D5.6030904@sorbs.net> <53FD3ED7.9030506@freebsd.org> <53FD87CD.7040006@dan.me.uk> <53FD9642.3020807@sorbs.net> <20140827163817.4645e67d@bsd64.grem.de> From: Royce Williams Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 06:53:20 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: NTYf1PrKZIEsjyZvdEDMqVZFN00 Message-ID: Subject: Re: I want to upgrade an old (8.3-RC2) FReeBSD installation, but can't install subversion To: Michael Gmelin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: FreeBSD Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 14:53:42 -0000 On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Michael Gmelin wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:26:42 +0200 > Michelle Sullivan wrote: > >> Daniel Austin via freebsd-ports wrote: >> > >> > On 27/08/2014 03:13, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> >>> While I understandthe need to get rid of the old system, three >> >>> needs ot be >> >>> a clear path for those wanting ot update old versions. I hit this >> >>> yesterday >> >>> trying to upgrade a 9.0-RC2 system and it was a real pain. >> >> Can't just do a checkout on an older machine and tar/rsync it over? >> > >> > Or download the src tarballs from a current release from one of the >> > FTP mirrors? >> > >> > Or, if currently on a -RELEASE, use freebsd-update first? >> > >> >> Subject says the system is 8.3-RC2 ... so not on a -RELEASE > > I think he was answering the general "there needs to be a clear path > for those wanting to update old versions" requirement. Upgrading from > RC, downloading src.txz seems like a reasonable approach. Just because it says RC doesn't mean that it can't be upgraded with freebsd-update. If freebsd-update was used to bump to BETA, RC, PRERELEASE, etc. then it can be used to bump again to RELEASE. (I assume that this functionality isn't going away just because of package changes.) Actually, can freebsd-update be used to switch from tracking STABLE to tracking a subsequent release? I know that the diffs aren't on the freebsd-update servers for that, but could it be forced, and then follow up with a manual merge of /etc changes? Royce