From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 10 17:08:29 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 AD93E106566C for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:08:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jay@splitstreams.com) Received: from mailer.splitstreams.com (mailer.splitstreams.com [208.42.101.149]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 788888FC14 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:08:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jay@splitstreams.com) Received: from mail.splitstreams.com (mail.splitstreams.com [10.0.0.25]) by mailer.splitstreams.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 453DD22827 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:08:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [209.180.20.178] (monkey.oss.uswest.net [209.180.20.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jay@splitstreams.com) by mail.splitstreams.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D22254AC55 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:08:27 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <47D56B0A.1070209@splitstreams.com> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:08:26 -0500 From: Jay Deiman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071210) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <47C8AB02.3000305@splitstreams.com> <47D2ED98.5090406@crackmonkey.us> <08f801c88158$913c9170$b3b5b450$@Org> <47D2F6CC.3080800@crackmonkey.us> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.92.1, clamav-milter version 0.92.1 on postfix.splitstreams.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: Upgrading from 6.2 to 7.0 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: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:08:29 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 illoai@gmail.com wrote: > On 08/03/2008, Adam J Richardson wrote: >> The-IRC Hosting Administration Team wrote: >> > There is nothing wrong with obtaining the source code of 7.X and doing a >> > full recompile to upgrade your version sanely. >> >> >> Ah, really? Good news. I heard somewhere there were problems upgrading >> like that across a major version boundary. Or was it to a BETA? That >> might have been it. > > AFIK, that was 4.x -> 5/6 > OR > Ports, which are bound to be a problem across > major versions.* > Also, 8.x has a recent change which prevents > easy upgrading from early versions of 5/6(/7?). > > In any case, I had no problems upgrading to 7 via > normal methods as outlined in /usr/src/UPDATING > for two machines running 6.x Well, I'm going to give this a try on a machine today. Thanks for all the input everyone. > > > > * literally everything explodes and your fish dies. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH1WsKQ0lr+ZVKSBgRAmuvAKCRZRx9+L0XUHGS5jzkthuwv09d8QCggBo3 xmSEd4j08pL/Y/PzcRfaVcU= =+S0d -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----