From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 17 12:41:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 785001065670 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:41:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fsb@thefsb.org) Received: from smtp134.iad.emailsrvr.com (smtp134.iad.emailsrvr.com [207.97.245.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B1968FC14 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:41:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay3.r3.iad.emailsrvr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay3.r3.iad.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 977BB44C4C0; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:41:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: by relay3.r3.iad.emailsrvr.com (Authenticated sender: fsb-AT-thefsb.org) with ESMTPSA id 650E444C4AF; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:41:45 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.10.0.080409 Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:41:43 -0400 From: Tom Worster To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: Thread-Topic: upgrading form 7.1-RELEASE to 8.0-RELEASE? Thread-Index: AcsOGnCGU31+h03DIkqpCzt7vLPfqQ== In-Reply-To: <4C1904A1.8080205@infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading form 7.1-RELEASE to 8.0-RELEASE? 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: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:41:46 -0000 On 6/16/10 1:06 PM, "Matthew Seaman" wrote: > On 16/06/2010 17:48:03, Tom Worster wrote: >> as usual i let things slip until the servers are a couple of versions behind >> and then i face the worries of upgrading. >> >> will freebsd-update -r 8.0-RELEASE upgrade work on a 7.1-RELEASE system or >> do i need to take intermediate steps? >> >> does anyone have experience or advice they'd be willing to share? >> >> and if all goes well, when i boot 8.0 are my deamons going to start and be >> happy: >> >> Server version: 5.0.87 FreeBSD port: mysql-server-5.0.87 >> Sphinx 0.9.8.1-release (r1533) >> Server version: Apache/2.2.13 (FreeBSD) >> PHP 5.2.11 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.7 (cli) (built: Nov 20 2009 16:10:58) > > Yes, this upgrade should work in one step. Make sure to install the > compat7x port, and all the software you installed under 7.1 will be able > to keep running. > > Note however that the compat7x stuff is merely a measure to give > yourself a breathing space between upgrading the OS and rebuilding all > your ports. excellent. i wasn't aware of the port. would the order to do things be: update ports with portsnap, install misc/compat7x, upgrade with freebsd-update and reboot? > You really do have to reinstall all the ports on a major version > upgrade: while installed ports will still run if you don't touch them, > as soon as you start updating anything, or installing anything new, it > will start to go horribly poo unless you haved reinstalled everything. yes. i plan to upgrade all the apps to the current ports shortly after the base upgrade. > I note that the software you're running is all a few versions behind > what's current, and some of those updates involve pretty significant > changes (eg. php 5.2 to 5.3; changes to the way apache ports work; i've already ported the code for 5.3. > Oracle pushing to drop support for MySQL 5.0) so a bit of forethough and > planning is advised, but there's no real deal-breaker there. this has been a vexing concern for some considerable time now. but it's perhaps out of scope here. if we had better insight into where oracle is taking it... > Also, if you wait for a few weeks you could go directly to 8.1-RELEASE, > which might be a better choice. There have been some pretty significant > bugfixes between 8.0-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE. bug fixes sound nice. a few weeks you say? thank you for the input, matthew -- much appreciated.