4.9 to 5.2 upgrade stratagy
Khairil Yusof
kaeru at pd.jaring.my
Sat Jan 17 09:11:10 PST 2004
On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 21:01 -0600, Chris wrote:
> I am comfy enough with 5.2 to do this. The big question I pose to you all,
> how would you do this with little impact and little work also.
It will have an impact if it's the same box.
Read /usr/src/UPDATING carefully.
1. Most likely will have to recompile most of your ports
gcc2 and gcc3 abi is incompatible
base/system has also changed considerably
Some ports may still be broken on 5.2
2. You will probably have to clean up old leftover files, such
as perl, though there is a script to check for older config files now
with mergemaster
If it is a production server, you would be wise to transfer contents to
your new box and save the trouble of doing a source upgrade from 4 to 5
on a production server.
Do a clean install on the new one, install all the ports you need, and
transfer your data/config files. Keep the old one running. If there is
no problems with 5.2 on the new box/HD, switch and retire the old box.
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