Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:38:21 -0700 From: Cary <cary@SDF.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting ports updated on an older FreeBSD (5.1) Message-ID: <86k2uuov0y.fsf@bsdstb.Belkin> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1506231601000.58123@wonkity.com> (message from Warren Block on Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:09:12 -0600 (MDT))
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Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> writes: > On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Cary wrote: > >> Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> writes: >> >>> On Tue, 23 Jun 2015, Matthew Seaman wrote: >>> >>>> On 06/23/15 08:59, Christoph Kukulies wrote: >>>>> I'm wondering whether it would be possible to >>>>> run a 10.1 executable under 5.1 (possible link it statically?). >>>> >>>> Your quickest and most reliable way forward is to upgrade your FreeBSD >>>> box to something supported. Given you're starting from such an old >> >> >>> Agreed, except I would suggest a completely separate computer for the >>> new install. Old stuff that has been running for years can be fragile. >>> Moving a cable that has been motionless for years can make it fail, and >>> it's somehow a given that these systems are never backed up. >>> >> >> Were that the case, could there be any risk running a 10.1 executable >> on such a system? > > I would be surprised if a 10.1 executable would run on a 5.1 system. > But that misses the point. Do not try to run modern binaries on an > ancient system. Set up a new 10.1 system, install new versions of the > same software, and copy configuration and data files from the old one. > Trying to update a 5.1 system in-place or run newer binaries on it is > unlikely to work. If it does work, it's probably going to be shaky. > If it doesn't work, trying to get it to work will almost certainly take > more time than setting up a new 10.1 system and configuring it with > modern versions of the same applications, then copying data and > configuration. > > Look at it this way: trying to do anything with a FreeBSD 5.1 system is > pretty much file recovery. Many, many things have changed since then. Yes, what you recommend is also what I would do. Upgrading is the OP's best option. Changes since 5.1 could be why he has not installed a recent version of FreeBSD. Copying over the old configuration he has been using may appear difficult also.
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