Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:16:11 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: kuku@physik.rwth-aachen.de Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: getting ports updated on an older FreeBSD (5.1) Message-ID: <20150623111611.9f567f0d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <5587E158.2020702@physik.rwth-aachen.de> References: <5587E158.2020702@physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 12:20:08 +0200, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > I'm running a somewhat come into age server under FreeBSD 5.1 at the > moment and I'm in need to > update to php5. You'll face too many problems that it's probably easier to install a supported version of FreeBSD (typically 10.1) and then build all the software you need, followed by "migration of data" (configuration, user accounts, user data, forum data and so on). You could try to build a current PHP on a current OS version and then try to install it on the old system, but that won't work because so many things have changed. The default package format and compression is different, and the old pkg_* tools are deprecated. Building from source would be the only option, but again, the toolchain has changed and the current sources probably won't compile. Running FreeBSD 5 in a trusted (!) intranet typically is not a problem. I have a file server running FreeBSD 4.4, and I do not plan to replace it (because it works too well). Of course I also do not plan to update any software it's running, because that would be impossible. :-) In your case, you will have more success with a new install, for sure. Do it in parallel (new machine, or at least new disk during scheduled downtime) so you can quickly switch over to the new system after you have verified everything works as you expect. Good luck! -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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