From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 27 23:52:39 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@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 90975B28 for ; Tue, 27 May 2014 23:52:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6BB6D23A8 for ; Tue, 27 May 2014 23:52:39 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=oZNjrwRV0S7a12qAcH05Bh2yPutUgk8lTgYCS5/HV3Y=; b=WHXGFYFretGsibSkS5cMHsWbbMPVTlKZRIQFzQ5dubOCWIwpnEs2mumQHWBN8qTW31Z1QiBbqRNEjXcREPEJTOEwEB874RARaLJ30yIY9zOS1b/8IbXZQ4PoDO4j87RqgnBcFVcdwVmpGK1Df2r/3fCKgRWVwHqJXUBjr6ih5xs=; Received: from [39.213.112.126] (port=39431 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1WpRAV-003XyG-Gr; Tue, 27 May 2014 17:52:32 -0600 Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 07:52:25 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: markham breitbach Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8 support Message-ID: <20140528075225.2a427363@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <5384C047.6020609@corp.ssimicro.com> References: <5384C047.6020609@corp.ssimicro.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 23:52:39 -0000 Hi, On Tue, 27 May 2014 10:41:43 -0600 markham breitbach wrote: > I operate a distributed cluster of FreeBSD servers running on version > 8. We have a significant amount of custom in-house software and an > array of rather uniquely configured OSS installed from packages / > ports / or built from source as required. All that to say, upgrading > represents a significant amount of work, not to mention regression > testing of some fairly complex systems. > > It looks like FreeBSD 8.4 has "extended" support expected to last > until June 30, 2015. Can anyone tell me if that is expected to be > the EOL for FreeBSD 8 or is an 8.5 release expected to follow? > did you try 10? You might even can wait for 11 and test if your applications run with the compatibility ports installed. Most important is that 8.4 will not die the moment support is stopped You have currently ample of time to move to 10 or even 11. Where is the configuration for the ports gone? You should still have it in the ports tree used for compiling them. I would take the existing configuration and check if this configuration still works with the current version of the ports. Erich