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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