From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Dec 14 22:14:25 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09427A43778 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 22:14:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-in2.apple.com (mail-out2.apple.com [17.151.62.25]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E345E1234 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 22:14:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay5.apple.com (relay5.apple.com [17.128.113.88]) by mail-in2.apple.com (Apple Secure Mail Relay) with SMTP id 1D.16.22498.6BB3F665; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:59:18 -0800 (PST) X-AuditID: 11973e11-f79a96d0000057e2-87-566f3bb64147 Received: from [17.149.230.112] (Unknown_Domain [17.149.230.112]) (using TLS with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by relay5.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with SMTP id C3.0E.07593.6BB3F665; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:59:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Upgrade question? Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.2 \(3112\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Charles Swiger X-Priority: 3 (Normal) In-Reply-To: <20151214204949.GA27984@darth-vader.org> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:59:17 -0800 Cc: FreeBSD - Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <64EF16E4-3992-40A1-B9E9-1238DEE0F6F3@mac.com> References: <20151214204949.GA27984@darth-vader.org> To: Bryan Albright X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3112) X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFtrJLMWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUi2FAYobvNOj/M4P4KGYsn3Q/ZLV5+3cTi wOTxaEOVx4xP81kCmKK4bFJSczLLUov07RK4Mq6cXspWsJSr4ur9e+wNjE0cXYycHBICJhJP bvxjg7DFJC7cWw9kc3EICexllFiyYAGQwwFW9GejB0R8OpNE9+u9YA3CAnISh1YtZgexeQX0 JE6s2s0KYjMLaEnc+PeSCaSXTUBNYsJEHpj5E9b9YgaxOQVMJV4uncoIYrMIqErcm3iTGaJV V6LpxltGCFteYvvbOcwQ460kru/bDBYXAjrnTMNZMFtEQFti7owDjBDzZSX2bVgAdr+EwFdW iWe9W9kmMArPQnLeLCTnzUKyYwEj8ypGodzEzBzdzDwjvcSCgpxUveT83E2MoLCebie4g/H4 KqtDjAIcjEo8vAuY88OEWBPLiitzDzFKc7AoifN+MwMKCaQnlqRmp6YWpBbFF5XmpBYfYmTi 4JRqYLTSuGRWeHrmgtDwcxPi1NhYrToKeWPWP0/59TBsRpGI+KHWpUUzt7DaLqzhP7ko/Xbp XsHCGWp2Vzpsft7Tcqs/fu7DrIpa34PipwzZzhge6ZxyKUOMJ3PXORERy7BLEoLdtbn7VvX/ +Pm4zuL6kkiTs9OXO7UInJZerFeX6aJkZtu1rU5JV4mlOCPRUIu5qDgRAAEUWPBMAgAA X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFlrDLMWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUiOPVZge426/wwg2/XJCyedD9kt3j5dROL A5PHow1VHjM+zWcJYIrisklJzcksSy3St0vgyrhyeilbwVKuiqv377E3MDZxdDFycEgImEj8 2ejRxcgJZIpJXLi3nq2LkYtDSGA6k0T3671sIAlhATmJQ6sWs4PYvAJ6EidW7WYFsZkFtCRu /HvJBDKHTUBNYsJEHpg5E9b9YgaxOQVMJV4uncoIYrMIqErcm3iTGaJVV6LpxltGCFteYvvb OcwQ460kru/bDBYXAjrtTMNZMFtEQFti7owDjBDzZSX2bVjANoFRYBaSi2YhuWgWkrELGJlX MQoUpeYkVprqJRYU5KTqJefnbmIEhWFDYcQOxv/LrA4xCnAwKvHw/mDNDxNiTSwrrsw9xCjB wawkwltsARTiTUmsrEotyo8vKs1JLT7EKM3BoiTOq2IElBJITyxJzU5NLUgtgskycXBKNTC6 Ldqtdlw5oktN3nvjvHizct7drDwzwqVOdvb28Lq4atUsldyb/T8648S9ROPL8t3NO9lXclvN /LGPzXu1jp/3WrEWFa7AjfysDzT7s79ufvt9s/iswL8P4lnPJaXeNmwX1HqdOufCPEONl8YJ XvVpvBtWRe9tfxbg6H7oW/26YpGnSXZ/hZRYijMSDbWYi4oTAQXpx84/AgAA X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 22:14:25 -0000 On Dec 14, 2015, at 12:49 PM, Bryan Albright wrote: > Hi folks! > > When upgrading from 8.4 to 9.3,in preparation to go from 9.3 to 10.2, > does it make sense to do a full port upgrade, after checking > /usr/ports/UPDATING (of course?) > > Something like a > % portupgrade -a > > Between the update to 9.3 and the update to 10.2? Or can I "get away > with" a update from 8.4 to 9.3, then update 9.3 to 10.2, then doa > portupgrade -a? Are you stopping at 9.3 for a while, or are you moving to 10.2 immediately? If you're going to run 9.3 for a while, it's reasonable to recompile the list of ports for that version. Otherwise, leave it be until after you've updated to 10.2. > (and I'm open to a "better" method of upgrading ports - I've just been > using a script to do the portupgrade since 2.2) You might find it cleaner to keep a list of ports you had installed, (ie, a backup), do a clean install of 10.2, and then reinstall only the ports which you know you want. Restore the ports config and anything else under /usr/local/etc which you want to keep around. Some of the older ports you had might not be needed anymore-- ie, build time deps, stuff which has been integrated or modernized from the base FreeBSD, etc. Regards, -- -Chuck