Quoting "Richards, Toby" <toby.richa...@slo.courts.ca.gov>:
> Will pkg_add -ui upgrade between major releases, such as php 5.2.x => > 5.3.x? > When I upgraded OpenBSD 4.9 => 5.0, there was a huge issue because > it supported both PHP 5.2.x AND 5.3.x. I'd have loved to seamlessly > upgraded to 5.3.x, but the support of both made it nearly > impossible. PHP 5.2.x and PHP 5.3.x are different streams of PHP - you can't assume that a PHP 5.2.x code base will work on 5.3. http://www.php.net/manual/en/migration53.incompatible.php So, no, something major like that needs a bit of thinking, regardless of OS. You'd be up the creek without a paddle if your X hundred websites based on some PHP 5.2 feature stopped working with PHP 5.3, wouldn't you? I've been upgrading FreeBSD and OpenBSD for the last few years (base + ports/packages) and both have been absolutely rock solid ... sometimes there's a little more thinking required on the administrator's part first - the system can't guess your intentions. You want to be on MySQL 5.1 or 5.5? PHP 5.4? Apache 2.4? I don't want the upgrade making those choices for me ... > > > Respectfully Submitted, > R. Toby Richards > Network Administrator > Superior Court of California > In and for the County of San Luis Obispo > (805) 781-4150 > ________________________________________ > From: Mike Erdely [m...@erdelynet.com] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 7:05 PM > To: Richards, Toby > Cc: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: Upgrading OpenBSD > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Richards, Toby > <toby.richa...@slo.courts.ca.gov> wrote: > > OpenBSD does have an Upgrade > > option, but does it upgrade the installed packages? > > pkg_add -
