1.2 - 1.4 upgrade downtime?

Naughtyus · Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2002 11:35 pm Post subject: 1.2 - 1.4 upgrade downtime?

I've got a webserver which needs to have a minimal amount of downtime. I'd like to upgrade it to 1.4, but I'm not going to if that means that I can have hours of downtime..

What have your experiences been with the upgrade process?

rac · Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2002 11:41 pm Post subject: Re: 1.2 - 1.4 upgrade downtime?

Naughtyus · Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2002 12:01 am Post subject:

Canèt believe I missed that guide - looks great, thanks!

Naughtyus · Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2002 12:21 am Post subject:

The next question would be:

Is there any point in my upgrading my server to 1.4? Will newer ebuilds not like that I don't have gcc3+? Or will automatic things like emerge -u world folly and try to upgrade gcc without my knowing if I leave this system long enough?

Really I have no need for upgrading other than to keep current, and my fear of future compatability problems. Should I upgrade?

pilla · Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2002 12:37 am Post subject:

Most ebuilds will work with gcc 3.2 (I haven't had any problems untill now). If you follow rac' s method, your downtime will be very small (been there, did that). I' m quite happy with performance right now.

For a while, I think gcc 2.95 compatibility won' t be a problem (have heard about at least one year before things start to break because of 2.95).

If you do emerge --pu world, there is no chance something you don' t want will happen.

I think also that you could wait untill 1.4 is released, if you don' t have other motivations to do it before... 1.4rc1 is still beta, althought I' m quite happy with it.