Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:48:57 -0700 From: Mel Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting ports updated on an older FreeBSD (5.1) Message-ID: <558C6939.3070700@bluerosetech.com> In-Reply-To: <833145.91368.bm@smtp118.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <86oak6p8w9.fsf@bsdstb.Belkin> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1506231601000.58123@wonkity.com> <833145.91368.bm@smtp118.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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On 2015-06-24 03:10, Thomas Mueller wrote: > I was thinking about the possibility of building/upgrading the base > FreeBSD from source by steps, such as 5.1 -> final 6-stable -> final > 8-stable -> 10.1 or possibly FreeBSD-current. The introduction of KSE happened in 5.x and IIRC a related ABI break starting with 5.4 means the only upgrade path from prior versions is a full reinstall because you can't cross-run kernel and userland.
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