Correct order when upgrading to 11.0 Release with Poudriere

Grzegorz Junka list1 at gjunka.com
Sun Jan 22 20:50:24 UTC 2017


On 22/01/2017 18:33, David Wolfskill wrote:
> You could also (take backups at suitable points along the way and):
> * Install the misc/compat10x port.
> * Upgrade the base FreeBSD system (i.e., not ports) from 10.x to 11.
>    Your ports SHOULD all still work at this point, because of the compat
>    10x libraries the compoat10x port installed.
> * As time permits, use your favorite package-building tool to build
>    custom packages.
> * Once all the packages are built, replace all of the installed ports
>    with the newly-built packages.
> * Once you're happy with the way things are working, remove the
>    misc/compat10x port (as long as nothing needs it -- which SHOULD
>    be the case by this point).
>

Great solution! Thanks. Didn't know about the misc/compat10x port.
Grzegorz


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