Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.

2012-11-16 Thread Bas Smeelen
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

Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.

2012-11-16 Thread Andreas Rudisch
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 9.1, or

Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.

2012-11-16 Thread Andreas Rudisch
On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:52:02 +0100 Matthias Petermann matth...@d2ux.net 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

Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.

2012-11-16 Thread Polytropon
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 compatn-1x port. But as soon as you update some port, or maybe want to install something new, things tend

Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.

2012-11-16 Thread dweimer
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

WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.

2012-11-15 Thread Matthias Petermann
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

Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.

2012-11-15 Thread Michael Sierchio
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Matthias Petermann matth...@d2ux.net 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

Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.

2012-11-15 Thread Adam Vande More
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 like p1, p2 etc are patchsets to a release

Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.

2012-11-15 Thread Matthias Petermann
Hi, On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:35:52 -0800 Michael Sierchio ku...@tenebras.com 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

Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.

2012-11-15 Thread Doug Hardie
On 15 November 2012, at 14:46, Matthias Petermann wrote: Hi, On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:35:52 -0800 Michael Sierchio ku...@tenebras.com wrote: http://www.freebsd.org/security/ Scroll down about halfway. 9.0 is a regular release, EOL is January 31, 2013. Alternate releases are

Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.

2012-11-15 Thread Andreas Rudisch
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:46:53 +0100 Matthias Petermann matth...@d2ux.net 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 -- GnuPG key : 0x2A573565|

Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.

2012-11-15 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Andreas == Andreas Rudisch cyb.@gmx.net writes: Andreas On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:46:53 +0100 Andreas Matthias Petermann matth...@d2ux.net 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

Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.

2012-11-15 Thread Doug Hardie
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 matth...@d2ux.net wrote: Thanks for the clearification. One technical thing: is it possible, to upgrade from

Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date.

2012-11-15 Thread Matthias Petermann
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