On 2012-11-15 15:57, Matthias Petermann wrote:
Hello,
from a freshly installed FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE I did a freebsd-update
to bring
it to the latest patch level.
After:
# freebsd-update fetch
I got this message:
WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life
On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:38:43 +0100, Andreas Rudisch wrote:
> But keep in mind that you will have to recompile/
> reinstall all installed ports.
This is not required as long as you install the compatx
port. But as soon as you update some port, or maybe want to
install something new, things tend to
On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:52:02 +0100
"Matthias Petermann" wrote:
>do I understand it right - the default behaviour of freebsd-update will
>be to update a 9.0 system to 9.1 when it becomes available? So this is
>a rolling procedure?
>I ask this because I could not find a parameter et
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:04:17 -0800
mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote:
> >> Thanks for the clearification. One technical thing: is it possible, to
> >> upgrade
> >> from FreeBSD 9.0 to 9.1 with the freebsd-update utility?
>
> Andreas> Yes, it is.
>
> Can I go from 8.3 directly to
On 11/16/2012 08:52 AM, Matthias Petermann wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
> do I understand it right - the default behaviour of freebsd-update will
> be to update a 9.0 system to 9.1 when it becomes available? So this is
> a rolling procedure?
Hi
No it only updates the release you have.
To
Hi Andreas,
do I understand it right - the default behaviour of freebsd-update will
be to update a 9.0 system to 9.1 when it becomes available? So this is
a rolling procedure?
I ask this because I could not find a parameter etc. in the man page
which may influent this, e.g. to lim
On 15 November 2012, at 17:04, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>> "Andreas" == Andreas Rudisch <"cyb."@gmx.net> writes:
>
> Andreas> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:46:53 +0100
> Andreas> Matthias Petermann wrote:
>
>>> Thanks for the clearification. One technical thing: is it possible, to
>>> upgrade
>
> "Andreas" == Andreas Rudisch <"cyb."@gmx.net> writes:
Andreas> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:46:53 +0100
Andreas> Matthias Petermann wrote:
>> Thanks for the clearification. One technical thing: is it possible, to
>> upgrade
>> from FreeBSD 9.0 to 9.1 with the freebsd-update utility?
Andreas>
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:46:53 +0100
Matthias Petermann wrote:
> Thanks for the clearification. One technical thing: is it possible, to upgrade
> from FreeBSD 9.0 to 9.1 with the freebsd-update utility?
Yes, it is.
Andreas
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On 15 November 2012, at 14:46, Matthias Petermann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:35:52 -0800
> Michael Sierchio wrote:
>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/security/
>>
>> Scroll down about halfway. 9.0 is a regular release, EOL is January 31,
>> 2013.
>>
>> Alternate releases are extended
Hi,
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:35:52 -0800
Michael Sierchio wrote:
> http://www.freebsd.org/security/
>
> Scroll down about halfway. 9.0 is a regular release, EOL is January 31, 2013.
>
> Alternate releases are extended releases, so 9.1 will have a 2 year
> support span.
Thanks for the clearific
WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.
> It is strongly recommended that you upgrade to a newer
> release within the next 2 months.
>
> What does this exactly mean?
Means exactly what it says. 9.0 will soon be unsupported. Things l
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Matthias Petermann wrote:
>
>
> Where can I find more information on the planned lifecycles of the current
> and upcoming releases? Are there any?
>
http://www.freebsd.org/security/
Scroll down about halfway. 9.0 is a regular release, EOL is January 31, 2013.
A
Hello,
from a freshly installed FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE I did a freebsd-update to bring
it to the latest patch level.
After:
# freebsd-update fetch
I got this message:
WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.
It is strongly recommended that you
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