Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:50:40 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading 7.1 to 7.3, use 7.2 as a safe step? Message-ID: <7067C20FC67DC094A9561818@utd71538.local> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimtH6pXKsJP%2B8aeRzQTrJjpo3Eh_zxz_vExjOHa@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimtH6pXKsJP%2B8aeRzQTrJjpo3Eh_zxz_vExjOHa@mail.gmail.com>
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--On February 25, 2011 1:39:47 PM -0800 Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com> wrote: > For me, time can be spared, but errors should be avoided at all costs. > I have upgraded FreeBSD before, for example 7.0 -> 7.1. I use the > buildworld/buildkernel procedure. > I now have a 7.1 system. Should I upgrade to 7.2 and then to 7.3, or > is it safe to go directly from 7.1 to 7.3? > I have upgraded several times across major versions without any problems. (5.x to 6.x, 6.x to 7.x). Each time I simply changed the supfile to the version I wanted to upgrade to, fetched the files and rebuilt world and kernel. After those are complete, I run a portupgrade -a to sync all the ports with the new sources. Note that this is *not* the way to do it if you absolutely must avoid problems, however slight the risk. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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