Upgrade 4.11 to 7.0, possible?

[Derek Ragona]

At 11:14 PM 3/10/2008, Simon Gao wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am trying to see if it's possible to upgrade 4.11 to 7.0 by using cvsup.
>
>When I run "make buildworld", I got these errors.  Are there packages missing?
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Building an up-to-date make(1)
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>rm -f .depend
>mkdep -f .depend -a    -I/usr/src/usr.bin/make -DOLD_JOKE=1 
>-DMAKE_VERSION=\"5200408120\" -D__FBSDID=__RCSID -DDEFSHELLNAME=\"sh\"
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/arch.c /usr/src/usr.bin/make/buf.c 
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/cond.c /usr/src/usr.bin/make/dir.c 
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/for.c /usr/src/usr.bin/make/hash.c 
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/hash_tables.c /usr/src/usr.bin/make/job.c 
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/lst.c /usr/src/usr.bin/make/main.c 
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/make.c /usr/src/usr.bin/make/parse.c 
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/proc.c /usr/src/usr.bin/make/shell.c 
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/str.c /usr/src/usr.bin/make/suff.c 
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/targ.c /usr/src/usr.bin/make/util.c 
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/var.c
>In file included from /usr/src/usr.bin/make/arch.c:107:
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/globals.h:49: stdint.h: No such file or directory
>In file included from /usr/src/usr.bin/make/cond.c:59:
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/globals.h:49: stdint.h: No such file or directory
>In file included from /usr/src/usr.bin/make/dir.c:97:
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/globals.h:49: stdint.h: No such file or directory
>In file included from /usr/src/usr.bin/make/for.c:55:
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/globals.h:49: stdint.h: No such file or directory
>In file included from /usr/src/usr.bin/make/job.c:131:
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/globals.h:49: stdint.h: No such file or directory
>In file included from /usr/src/usr.bin/make/main.c:82:
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/globals.h:49: stdint.h: No such file or directory
>In file included from /usr/src/usr.bin/make/make.c:80:
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/globals.h:49: stdint.h: No such file or directory
>In file included from /usr/src/usr.bin/make/parse.c:86:
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/globals.h:49: stdint.h: No such file or directory
>In file included from /usr/src/usr.bin/make/str.c:49:
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/globals.h:49: stdint.h: No such file or directory
>In file included from /usr/src/usr.bin/make/suff.c:102:
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/globals.h:49: stdint.h: No such file or directory
>In file included from /usr/src/usr.bin/make/targ.c:84:
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/globals.h:49: stdint.h: No such file or directory
>In file included from /usr/src/usr.bin/make/util.c:59:
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/globals.h:49: stdint.h: No such file or directory
>In file included from /usr/src/usr.bin/make/var.c:96:
>/usr/src/usr.bin/make/globals.h:49: stdint.h: No such file or directory
>mkdep: compile failed
>*** Error code 1
>
>Stop in /usr/src/usr.bin/make.
>*** Error code 1
>
>Stop in /usr/src.
>*** Error code 1
>
>Stop in /usr/src.
>
>
>
>Simon

I have upgraded from 4.11 to 5.X, then from 5.X to 6.x, then from 6.X to 
7.0.  I don't think you can jump major versions as too much changes with 
each major version.

You could download the ISO's and do binary upgrades to the major versions 
which would be faster.

         -Derek

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