Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 18:30:04 +0100 From: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> To: Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Correct order when upgrading to 11.0 Release with Poudriere Message-ID: <20170122173004.GP13006@home.opsec.eu> In-Reply-To: <bafd825b-8c0b-9ab0-d058-d76189deeb09@gjunka.com> References: <bafd825b-8c0b-9ab0-d058-d76189deeb09@gjunka.com>
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Hi! > Is there a canonical way of upgrading FreeBSD to a newer major version? Normally, FreeBSD major-version X+1 will support binaries for major-version X. > So, it seems that I need to upgrade the base first before being able to > build packages. Yes. > If I upgrade base and it breaks poudriere's ABI, I won't be able to > build new packages. For what it's worth, I assume that the base upgrade does not break the ABI. > One workaround would be to install the official > poudriere package and then attempt to rebuild all applications. > In either case it seems that the system would be unusable between the > time of upgrading the base and finishing compiling all packages and > reinstalling them, which may take a day or so. Is there any other way? I use a reference host to build and test ports and upgrades. Maybe you have some spare hardware, too ? -- pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 3 years to go !
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