Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:59:17 -0800 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Bryan Albright <bryana@darth-vader.org> Cc: FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade question? Message-ID: <64EF16E4-3992-40A1-B9E9-1238DEE0F6F3@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20151214204949.GA27984@darth-vader.org> References: <20151214204949.GA27984@darth-vader.org>
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On Dec 14, 2015, at 12:49 PM, Bryan Albright <bryana@darth-vader.org> wrote: > Hi folks! > > When upgrading from 8.4 to 9.3,in preparation to go from 9.3 to 10.2, > does it make sense to do a full port upgrade, after checking > /usr/ports/UPDATING (of course?) > > Something like a > % portupgrade -a > > Between the update to 9.3 and the update to 10.2? Or can I "get away > with" a update from 8.4 to 9.3, then update 9.3 to 10.2, then doa > portupgrade -a? Are you stopping at 9.3 for a while, or are you moving to 10.2 immediately? If you're going to run 9.3 for a while, it's reasonable to recompile the list of ports for that version. Otherwise, leave it be until after you've updated to 10.2. > (and I'm open to a "better" method of upgrading ports - I've just been > using a script to do the portupgrade since 2.2) You might find it cleaner to keep a list of ports you had installed, (ie, a backup), do a clean install of 10.2, and then reinstall only the ports which you know you want. Restore the ports config and anything else under /usr/local/etc which you want to keep around. Some of the older ports you had might not be needed anymore-- ie, build time deps, stuff which has been integrated or modernized from the base FreeBSD, etc. Regards, -- -Chuck
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