I managed to go to 5.7, I stopped there because I am now able to install packages, and I will probably go to 6.0 later on. After running sysmerge I was advised to "Leave for later" various changes. Can someone point me to a guide on how to deal with these changes?
Thanks again for all your help. --Panagiotis 2017-01-03 23:24 GMT+02:00 Kevin <spy...@gmail.com>: > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 12:45 PM, Theo de Raadt <dera...@openbsd.org> wrote: >> >> > > Upgrade with a snapshot. >> > > >> > > You don't stand a chance figuring out what we changed and making your >> > > way >> > > through it. >> > >> > Do you mean that I can simply boot with a fresh bsd.rd and upgrade my >> > system? >> > >> > Thank you both for your answers. >> >> Yes. Follow the advice someone else provided, to upgrade step by step >> over >> sequential releases. >> > I had a test machine that was on 5.5 that I just did this exact process on; > it worked exactly as advertised. > > Updating the ports took some time since the machine had a truckload of stuff > running on it and was so far out of patch, but for me it was worth it vs > installing clean and restoring data from backup.
