Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 09:48:58 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting ports updated on an older FreeBSD (5.1) Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1506230942420.32372@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <558917BC.30804@freebsd.org> References: <5587E158.2020702@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <20150622160929.GC92373@ozzmosis.com> <558911D3.4030109@physik.rwth-aachen.de> <558917BC.30804@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 06/23/15 08:59, Christoph Kukulies wrote: >> Although you may be right with regard to obsoleteness of 5.0.0 and my >> 5.1 version in general, >> I'm wondering whether it would be possible to >> run a 10.1 executable under 5.1 (possible link it statically?). > > 5.1 Release happened during a particularly difficult period for FreeBSD > development. As I recall, it was quite quickly superseded by 5.2 release > due to technical inadequacies, and it wasn't until the 6.x series that > FreeBSD really got back on track. > >> At the moment I'm urgently in need to update an intranet forum (pbpBB3) to >> a 3.1.5 version and this requires a newer (>= 5.3.3) version of php. > > Your quickest and most reliable way forward is to upgrade your FreeBSD > box to something supported. Given you're starting from such an old > base, the way I'd approach this is to buy a new hard drive, install it > in parallel with your old drive (if possible) and then create a new > install of FreeBSD 10.1, install all the software you need and migrate > over the configurations, passwd file etc. from the old system. Agreed, except I would suggest a completely separate computer for the new install. Old stuff that has been running for years can be fragile. Moving a cable that has been motionless for years can make it fail, and it's somehow a given that these systems are never backed up. Given the age of the 5.1 system, replacement hardware is probably easily available (free), or a VM can be used. The old system can be imaged onto a second drive or partition on the new system for convenience of copying configurations, or just copy them from the live old system with rsync or scp.home | help
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