Hi! > Is there a canonical way of upgrading FreeBSD to a newer major version?
Normally, FreeBSD major-version X+1 will support binaries for major-version X. > So, it seems that I need to upgrade the base first before being able to > build packages. Yes. > If I upgrade base and it breaks poudriere's ABI, I won't be able to > build new packages. For what it's worth, I assume that the base upgrade does not break the ABI. > One workaround would be to install the official > poudriere package and then attempt to rebuild all applications. > In either case it seems that the system would be unusable between the > time of upgrading the base and finishing compiling all packages and > reinstalling them, which may take a day or so. Is there any other way? I use a reference host to build and test ports and upgrades. Maybe you have some spare hardware, too ? -- p...@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 3 years to go ! _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
