From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 15:27:51 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 78EB8BB4 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 15:27:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-f51.google.com (mail-la0-f51.google.com [209.85.215.51]) (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 019BC3DB for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 15:27:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f51.google.com with SMTP id ge10so2204878lab.10 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 07:27:41 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=8HBp7BWDft4QwEHV/q7BZK6DpUqP7OFJfiKqtgTJh9o=; b=Y00djtoA26AGJEicZuz6py8/ZQlXhfFpo7NQ2gqLpdnSmdPk/f6XNPB2IZQXS0GTNv M72sNzsoPm0WJv4aEHweTc8rUyMfb0MS86y1pjM5E/NuOijZBEHDGuCfmCgpwFJTpZAY HOI+VFWXHzURcxziXUykO3uNO++nNuN8600wBRJaJzIolULdJSmL2HQML3cKLLidXgA+ xjrH4QkV6Hv7FK/xY1mJVrI3x9B2gmeR3nt+2l1jRQx8twhfRGiTeOKWd0V0Lx2LN1hC /hACgcEfOJx2/LI7oKrI9R25SEO+Zh+2n/Ckp9eFNH/vldmylOv96gRjlHc3m22PgGDW OWTQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlFtpnkQVKKl84pvc8HTf0Lv0DLfXlut86Ts7NBTXkuy422vkMfqSWdBhj232Fk5jDii2uR MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.169.34 with SMTP id ab2mr20980608lbc.77.1421508461571; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 07:27:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.47.75 with HTTP; Sat, 17 Jan 2015 07:27:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20150117010617.J82172@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20150117010617.J82172@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:27:41 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Upgrading a FreeBSD 7.1 server From: Damien Fleuriot To: Ian Smith Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , Robert Fitzpatrick X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 15:27:51 -0000 On 16 January 2015 at 16:31, Ian Smith wrote: > In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 554, Issue 5, Message: 17 > On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:46:11 +0100 Damien Fleuriot wrote: > > > Regarding your question about pkg, you'll need to run pkg2ng to convert > > your current ports database to the new pkg tools, after your upgrade to > the > > 8.x branch. > > > > I seem to recall having problems with a few ports that wouldn't go along > > quietly, but all in all you should be a-OK. > > That could turn into a _lot_ of work. Personally for 8.4 I'd just save > a list of ports from pkg_info, install the OS, install pkg(7) on it, > update pkg(8), install portmaster and follow the Handbook to install all > your ports/packages and keep them updated (as desired). > > But then, I'd sooner recommend going to 9.3-RELEASE instead. Support > for 8.4 expires in June this year and I've heard no mention of an 8.5 > > 9.3 is an extended release, supported until the end of 2016. I've found > the whole 9.x series to be very solid indeed (albeit mostly on laptops). > > Again just personally, I'm happy leaving 10.1 a while longer to settle, > but I'm a conservative updater too .. > > cheers, Ian > Ah, your mileage may vary, however I for one am *very wary of 9.x* I'm afraid I've seen waaaaaay too many bug reports and regressions about 9.0 and 9.1-RELEASE. So far, we've steered way clear of this branch at work. Hell I'd sooner push 10-STABLE than 9-STABLE in prod. Of course, I'm aware that was some time ago and patches have likely been published since, but you know how it goes. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice... nope :p