From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 02:58:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D412106564A for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:58:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kitchetech@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AC318FC08 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:58:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kitchetech@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so2534210fgb.35 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:58:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=MuIQg69/aqnBTuGhXZ5wQ3slvw6L1q9n7IkYEV0kKXE=; b=ti8DUBX7qWPPk8hMqDkJq1YeDN1Om4mo1lUYozplaI0pxSHat7bSMZOINpYU42cCBX P2qCcZbwtuM2y+e+je/rS7Xvtp7vVCDN8ZSeubzX/lgN45NYuVocYvzT/U985MEJcoZj aDf2mf+Ojj3r2xnAv1Mso9WHTwFFJPZElE7bQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=ID52YamWxBn+mqcocAk79l8NXgCROK3K86knWLbU2RbFPyVaIUmyK1bqQ7tVgymQiF XWIlISXeiDgSUFT83NMrOZL3jVot9vgO1f2lU8IGumcHr8HRhoZKqqes2OqigXXqA5wf eQM7MvHrTCaqIkuLtDJDI3RnABEW8H3TN+nUk= Received: by 10.181.10.10 with SMTP id n10mr165833bki.15.1227063519907; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:58:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.205.7 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:58:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <28283d910811181858g476245w3b26454872896e04@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:58:39 -0500 From: "matt donovan" To: "Kelly Martin" In-Reply-To: <1338880b0811181547s191b3170nefe5525f112bbcc2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1338880b0811181547s191b3170nefe5525f112bbcc2@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: preparing for an upgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:58:41 -0000 On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Kelly Martin wrote: > With the release of FreeBSD 6.4 imminent, I'd like to prepare for an > upgrade from FreeBSD 6.2 -> 6.4. Please excuse my ignorance but in my > mind here's what I plan to do when it's available: > > 1. install / run the upgrade script using CD-ROM media to a 6.4 > GENERIC kernel, reboot > 2. customize the kernel to my hardware (like I did in 6.2), reboot > 3. portsnap fetch update (to get the latest ports tree for 6.4) > 4. portupgrade -ai (to upgrade any outdated ports) > > Will this work? > > I'm a little confused about different versions of the ports tree. What > I mean is, I keep updating my FreeBSD 6.2 ports tree and have never > had any problems... it just works. I'm assuming the 6.4 ports tree is > a little different and specific to 6.4? The port system is **so much > better** than using ports on my OpenBSD systems! > > thanks, > kelly > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" no ports doesn't go to a certain release, once a FreeBSD version is no longer support you can bet that some ports will not work correctly on that version. for example the ports you have now is the same as on 7.x