On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 10:04:48PM EST, Damon Getsman wrote: > Well, I've never cared much for the holidays... So I figured, while > everybody else was busy with them, what a perfect time for me to take down > my BBS and other services and upgrade the system at least from 5.4-5.5. > I've done multiple upgrades in a day before when I've gotten behind like > this, and they've never been much of a problem, though I've run into an > issue here and there before. > > That was before I ran into the removal of packages and reinstallation > process that is necessary for this upgrade. > > [...] > > Does anybody have any tips? Would an install over the top straight to 5.6 > maybe work? I've never had the install process leave me with such a > lobotomized system before. Usually it's just something like mediawiki not > working with latex math markup any more or wordpress breaking. :( > > This is my primary server, and it pains me significantly to have it down, > and I really love OpenBSD, despite the hiccups at times. Does anybody have > any suggestions? Any help or pointers in the right direction would be > greatly appreciated.
Just checking the obvious, but you have obviously followed the 5.4 -> 5.5 upgrade guide[0] and removed all packages BEFORE upgrading and installed them again AFTER you have done everything else? [0] http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade55.html Regards, Raf
