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Like clockwork. I first started using the system in 6.4, so each release is a reminder to me of how quickly time has passed. Looking forward to a painless upgra

Like clockwork. I first started using the system in 6.4, so each release is a reminder to me of how quickly time has passed. Looking forward to a painless upgrade of my two servers and continued improvement of the project!

xbar 5y ago
It is charming how anti-climactic such upgrades tend to be. Also, the art and music for 6.9 are delightful.
- bangonkeyboard 5y ago
  sysupgrade has needed me to force a manual hardware reboot at the end each time I've used it. We'll see how it goes tomorrow.
  - nix23 5y ago
    Yes, it's called a patched kernel.
    - bangonkeyboard 5y ago
      No, upgrading OpenBSD manually prior to sysupgrade never required me to physically hold the power button on the machine.
      - nix23 5y ago
        I bet you did not made a bug-report right?
- ninjin 5y ago
  Goodness me, thank you for pointing this out. The songs are back as of 6.8 and I thought they finally kicked the bucket after 6.2. Below is a link for the 6.9 release song, it is – as you say – really nice: https://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#69 https://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#69
- protomyth 5y ago
  Yeah, the most time consuming thing for me is if a PostreSQL upgrade is required on the machine. Other than that, sysupgrade, package upgrades, and a quick reboot seem to be the norm.
  - throwawayboise 5y ago
    From the 6.9 upgrade guide: There was a major update to PostgreSQL 13.1. Use pg_upgrade as described in the postgresql-server pkg-readme or do a dump/restore. https://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade69.html https://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade69.html
kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 5y ago
Yep, been using it since 4.8. Just upgraded my servers this weekend. Aside from my NAS, which has its own peculiar issues, everything went smoothly. sysupgrade, let it reboot, automatically updates, reboots again back to a working system. pkg_add -u to get the latest versions of installed packages, and that's it. Didn't even have to look at any sysmerge'd conf files this time.

xbar 5y ago

It is charming how anti-climactic such upgrades tend to be. Also, the art and music for 6.9 are delightful.

bangonkeyboard 5y ago
sysupgrade has needed me to force a manual hardware reboot at the end each time I've used it. We'll see how it goes tomorrow.
- nix23 5y ago
  Yes, it's called a patched kernel.
  - bangonkeyboard 5y ago
    No, upgrading OpenBSD manually prior to sysupgrade never required me to physically hold the power button on the machine.
    - nix23 5y ago
      I bet you did not made a bug-report right?
ninjin 5y ago
Goodness me, thank you for pointing this out. The songs are back as of 6.8 and I thought they finally kicked the bucket after 6.2. Below is a link for the 6.9 release song, it is – as you say – really nice: https://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#69 https://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#69
protomyth 5y ago
Yeah, the most time consuming thing for me is if a PostreSQL upgrade is required on the machine. Other than that, sysupgrade, package upgrades, and a quick reboot seem to be the norm.
- throwawayboise 5y ago
  From the 6.9 upgrade guide: There was a major update to PostgreSQL 13.1. Use pg_upgrade as described in the postgresql-server pkg-readme or do a dump/restore. https://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade69.html https://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade69.html

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 5y ago

Yep, been using it since 4.8. Just upgraded my servers this weekend. Aside from my NAS, which has its own peculiar issues, everything went smoothly. sysupgrade, let it reboot, automatically updates, reboots again back to a working system. pkg_add -u to get the latest versions of installed packages, and that's it. Didn't even have to look at any sysmerge'd conf files this time.