Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:46:51 -0400 From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade from 6.4 to 9.1? Message-ID: <5144F65B.6080302@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <20130316200152.GD80810@dan.emsphone.com> References: <5144CB0A.6010801@mykitchentable.net> <20130316200152.GD80810@dan.emsphone.com>
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Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Mar 16), Drew Tomlinson said: >> I have an old system happily running 6.4 but am finding that it can no >> longer download or build a ports index. Thus I guess it's time to >> upgrade. >> >> What "gotchas" do I need to look out for? In the past my upgrades have >> always been simply downloading new source, reviewing kernel config file, >> and then rebuilding the system. Any ports that didn't work after that I >> would just rebuild as well. However I've never waited this long to >> upgrade. Do I need to do anything different? > > You won't be able to do a straight source build from 6.4 to 9.1; too many > low-level changes like Makefile syntax and compiler options have changed. > If you are comfortable with temporarily disabling non-essential things that > fail to build, it is definitely possible to do a long jump to 9.1, but it'd > be safer to either hop from 6.4 -> (7-stable or 8-stable) -> 9 doing > buildkernels and buildworlds, or just do a binary upgrade of kernel and base > system to 9.1. > The best approach is to backup your user data and do a fresh install from 9.1 cdrom. You will bypass a bunch of headaches which may in the end force you to do a fresh install anyway. And it will save you a lot of compile time. It's alway a good feeling to know you have a pristine system when you start having problems.
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