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Date:      Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:54:10 +0300
From:      S4mmael <s4mmael@gmail.com>
To:        David Jackson <djackson452@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Syinstall binary upgrade to FreeBSD 8.0
Message-ID:  <6e38aed80911281254u3c9a1561g72eb3fd13aeb9e61@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4B11794A.3060604@gmail.com>
References:  <4B11794A.3060604@gmail.com>

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Yes, there is something like COMPAT7X option in 8.0 GENERIC kernel.

2009/11/28 David Jackson <djackson452@gmail.com>:
> I would like to upgrade a 7.1 FreeBSD system to 8.0 FreeBSD using
> sysinstalls binary upgrade feature. I would mainly for now would like to
> upgrade the core OS and X and so on, but I still have some 7.1 binaries that
> will still be on the system. Is there binary compatability with 7.1 binaries
> on 8.0. Binary compatability is pretty important to me. Anything else i need
> to know about? As for why I am not using freebsd-update, i did try it once
> it seemed as though it was going to take 7 hours to update the system., when
> the old way will have it done in 30 minutes. Thanks in advance.
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