Re: Upgrade from 6.4 to 9.1?
On 3/16/2013 3:46 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: 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. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give these a try. Cheers, Drew -- Like card tricks? Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse to learn card magic secrets for free! http://alchemistswarehouse.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Upgrade from 6.4 to 9.1?
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? Thanks, Drew -- Like card tricks? Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse to learn card magic secrets for free! http://alchemistswarehouse.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Upgrade from 6.4 to 9.1?
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. -- Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Upgrade from 6.4 to 9.1?
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. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
