Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 10:47:08 +0100 From: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading 10.3 -> 11 Message-ID: <CALfReyfnC=jmuqqLNO2SQWp_Cm5vPosiV5UtEOdYqcQRvjme9Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1a31ac70-0036-6ed8-6549-8cb05cbea5b3@freebsd.org> References: <CALfReydxz8r_XxKE9eG79ioEJs7iFQt2i0DJ3FqMUumddwsSZA@mail.gmail.com> <1a31ac70-0036-6ed8-6549-8cb05cbea5b3@freebsd.org>
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excellent, so its a soft introduction then by the looks of things. Presumably with a view to a fully fledged implementation for 12? On 22 July 2016 at 10:43, Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 07/22/16 10:10, krad wrote: > > Hi, as 11 is getting closeish to release is there anything special we > need > > to do in order to upgrade from 10 -> 11. I usually use the makeworld > > method, but I heard that in 11 the base os would be packaged in a > different > > way using pkgng. I cant find any hard information on this though, so > > currently is just looks like a normal makeworld type upgrade will work > with > > all the normal caveats. Am I correct in my thinking? > > Assuming you're talking about running 11-STABLE, then yes, a normal > makeworld cycle will get you upgraded to 11.0 -- plus all the extra bits > needed for a major version upgrade, like reinstalling all your ports so > they link against the new shlibs in the updated system. > > If you want to run 11.0-RELEASE, once it comes out, you can use > freebsd-update(8) to upgrade to it. > > Packaged base is coming, but it's not going to be in place for > 11.0-RELEASE. Current plans are it will go live with 11.1-RELEASE, and > there will be detailed instructions on how to manage the 11.0-RELEASE > (freebsd-update) to 11.1-RELEASE (PkgBase) transition at that time. > > If you'ld like to help testing and developing base packages, subscribe > to the freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org mailing list and start by following > the instructions at https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase > > At the moment though, all the PkgBase stuff is entirely voluntary -- you > can choose to opt in if you want. There's no expectation that 11.0 > systems will have base system packages registered, and you can manage an > 11.0 system exactly as you have previously been managing earlier system > versions. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > >
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