Strange issues while upgrading ports

[Julian H. Stacey]

Hi,
Reference:
> From:		Kaya Saman <kayasaman at gmail.com> 
> Date:		Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:41:26 +0200 
> Message-id:	<4ECF9B06.1090602 at gmail.com> 

Kaya Saman wrote:
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> On 11/25/2011 02:51 PM, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> > Kaya Saman wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm running FreeBSD version 8.0 x64 edition on my server with multiple
> >> jails.
> > <  Detail deleted>
> >
> >> Can anyone help with my issues??
> > 8.0 is too old, November 2009
> > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/
> >
> > 8.0 Is not supported.
> > http://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html#sup
> >
> > My machine ceased to crash when I moved from 8.0 to 8.2,
> > I seem to recall other problems eased too.
> >
> > So upgrade to at least 8.1 !
> >
> > If you management are saying stay at `proven' 8.0 rather than 8.2,
> > think again.
> >
> > It's well known that .0 releases can be problematic, which is I
> > recall why 8.1 has extended support (even beyond 8.2), useful for
> > those who don't want to keep upgrading.
> >
> > Yes, 9.0-RC2 is available for test for those wanting new features,
> > not for you if you'r still on 8.0. One would expect less stability
> > from 9.0-RC2 than 8.0.&  no more from 9.0 than 8.0, so go for 8.1
> > or 8.2 then wait for 9.1 not 9.0.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Julian
> How is the upgrade of versions done?
> 
> I'm sorry I've never done it before; from my linux experience on Debian 
> at least it's a bit messy.
> 
> I found this:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html
> 
> So I'm guessing - backup /etc, /var, /usr/local/etc, and /usr/local/var
> 
> then do:
> 
> freebsd-update -r 8.2-RELEASE upgrade
> 
>   freebsd-update install
> 
>   shutdown -r now
> 
> freebsd-update install
> 
> #  portupgrade -f ruby
> #  rm /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db
> #  portupgrade -f ruby18-bdb
> #  rm /var/db/pkg/pkgdb.db /usr/ports/INDEX-*.db
> #  portupgrade -af
> 
>   freebsd-update install
> 
> 
> How will this affect my Jails though? Will I need to rebuild them also?
> 
> I mean how will I know if everything is the same as before the upgrade 
> but obviously just newer?

Sorry, short of time here, so in brief:
This the wrong list to ask about upgrades.
Read http://www.freebsd.org 
I dont personaly keep up to date with latest fancy BSD-specific
  update scripts (as I've been doing Unix decades, & by reflex
  make all of src/ & ports/ that I use, but certainly back up etc
  & var first )
Others may have more time to add info, but better ask on hackers@
(or questions@ re upgrades)

I would guess jails from 8.0 would survive on 8.2, Try on a spare box.


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Cheers,
Julian
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