Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 19:22:16 -0700 From: David Syphers <dsyphers@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Esaltato <esaltato@tele2.it> Subject: Re: upgrading: 5.2.1 to 5.3 OR a new 5.3? Message-ID: <200410021922.16505.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <415D71FF.6040805@tele2.it> References: <415D71FF.6040805@tele2.it>
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On Friday 01 October 2004 08:04 am, Esaltato wrote: > Hello. What is your general opinion on upgrading FreeBSD installations? > I ask this since 5.3 is close and I'm gonna move to a new hd, but I > don't know whether is more wise to move my existing beloved 5.2.1 > install or to start anew. > Reinstalling has it pros like deleting all the possible junk. But being > FreeBSD a very polished filesystem furnished OS, I think it might be > safe to convert my 5.2.1 to 5.3 without inheriting too much junk. > Are there any cons? Maybe the new tecnhology may leave unexpected > problems pending against the old one? > I must say I'm really in favour of a new install, but thinking to the > many customizations and mods I've done and to the time it could take to > redo them... > Obviously i would take my conf. files with me, upgrading them when > necessary. > Opinions? I'd recommend a reinstall. There have been several changes since 5.2.1 that require ports to be rebuilt - new perl, new gcc, incompatible library changes - so you'd have to rebuild all your ports anyway. It does take a little while to get everything back the way you want it again (I just did a reinstall myself). But there's something nice about having a clean system. -David
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