On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 02:43:01PM +0100, Alessandro Baggi wrote: > Il 02/12/2016 00:47, OpenBSD lists ha scritto: > > Alessandro Baggi wrote: > > > Il 01/12/2016 17:01, Marko Cupać ha scritto: > > > > On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 15:59:41 +0100 > > > > Alessandro Baggi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi list, > > > > > I've installed some years ago OpenBSD 5.8 on apu with 3 nics. > > > > > I've tried to search but no look. What is the EOL for OpenBSD 5.8? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Flavors > > > > > > > > AFAIK Once 6.0 is out, 5.8 becomes unsupported (EOS). But it by no means > > > > its life ends (EOL). I have just upgraded 2 boxes that were at 5.5, > > > > but were quite alive and kicking :) > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Before enlightenment - chop wood, draw water. > > > > After enlightenment - chop wood, draw water. > > > > > > > > Marko Cupać > > > > https://www.mimar.rs/ > > > > > > > > > > > Then, when 6.1 will be released, > > Somewhere between March and May of next year. Depends on when the code > > is in a releasable state. > > > > > 5.9 will become unsupported. > > Yep, it won't be getting patches anymore. > > > > > How do you provide to security patch for 5.5? > > We don't. Supporting a release that old would require quite a lot more > > volunteers to back-port and test every patch that would apply and we'd > > rather not waste resources on supporting the old stuff and use our time > > to move the project forward. Upgrading is painless and major changes > > are very rare, so I can't think of any compelling reasons to stay on an > > old version (well, unless it is the last version your platform supports) > > > > > Thanks to all for your answer. > > It's time to upgrade.
Please take note of the upgrade guides in the FAQ and upgrade one version at a time, first from 5.8 to 5.9, then from 5.9 to 6.0 -- NOT directly from 5.8 to 6.0. The upgrade guides can be found here: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade59.html http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade60.html Be sure to read both guides carefully. There may be files that needs to be removed manually, and services that may require configuration. Have fun! :) -- Erling Westenvik
