On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 08:46:18PM -0700, Richards, Toby wrote: > Outstanding point. The thing is this: With MS > PHP is clearly distinct from the OS. I go get it > from php.org. With BSD I must rely on the > package system.
Aha. So the BSD's make it too easy for you to get correct versions of your 3rd party software! Perhaps we should simply insert in the upgrade FAQ. "Hit big toe with hammer at this point to simulate problems getting correct versions of your 3rd party software." .... Ken > > > Respectfully Submitted, > R. Toby Richards > Network Administrator > Superior Court of California > In and for the County of San Luis Obispo > (805) 781-4150 > ________________________________________ > From: Ted Unangst [t...@tedunangst.com] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 8:41 PM > To: Richards, Toby > Cc: Mike Erdely; misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: Upgrading OpenBSD > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 19:20, Richards, Toby wrote: > > 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. > > If you had php 5.2 installed on Windows NT, would upgrading to win2k > have upgraded php to 5.3 at the same time? > > I think your expectation that upgrading the OS will upgrade the > applications is a little warped, because it's clearly not what happens > with commercial operating systems.
