Hi All,
I’m preparing my machine for an upgrade from 10.3 to 11.1, this is the first time I’ll be doing it and I’ll most likely take the freebsd-update route. However, I do have a couple of questions which weren’t necessarily addressed by other posts and/or articles.
Thanks & regards,
Janusz
I’m preparing my machine for an upgrade from 10.3 to 11.1, this is the first time I’ll be doing it and I’ll most likely take the freebsd-update route. However, I do have a couple of questions which weren’t necessarily addressed by other posts and/or articles.
- Apart from tinkering with the system, what are the other advantages of rebuilding world? I’m particularly interested in understanding whether there are any performance benefits if I compile versus install binary packages? I’m guessing the performance difference, if any, would be minimal.
- The current system uses both ports and packages. I recently discovered that this is a sub-prime solution as pkg and ports try to install the same dependencies, in the same place and problems arise. My concern is that if I need to upgrade packages and ports in 11.1, it might blow up due to the fact that I’m using both. I’m thinking I could dump ports and go with pkg prior to upgrading the system. Worthwhile / necessary / not that important – please advise?
Thanks & regards,
Janusz