FreeBSD 8.0が今年の11月末でEOL(End of Life)を迎えるというお知らせが先日MLに流れてきました。
ANNOUNCE: [FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 6.4 and 8.0 EoLs coming soon The current supported branches and expected EoL dates are: +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Branch | Release | Type | Release date | Estimated EoL | |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_6 |n/a |n/a |n/a |November 30, 2010| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |RELENG_6_4 |6.4-RELEASE |Extended|November 18, 2008|November 30, 2010| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |RELENG_7 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2y| |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_7_1 |7.1-RELEASE |Extended|January 4, 2009 |January 31, 2011 | |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_7_3 |7.3-RELEASE |Extended|March 23, 2010 |March 31, 2012 | |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_8 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2y| |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_8_0 |8.0-RELEASE |Normal |November 25, 2009|November 30, 2010| |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_8_1 |8.1-RELEASE |Extended|July 23, 2010 |July 31, 2012 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
手元のFreeBSD 8.0-Releaseを入れたままのサーバーでcvsupを入れてソースを8.1-Release(tag=RELENG_8_1)に上げてMake Worldしようとしたらカーネルのコンパイルでエラーが出ました。一旦、8.0-Release(tag=RELENG_8_0)で最終版に上げてから8.1に上げたら問題なくいきました。
FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE → FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p4 → FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE
非力なCPUのマシンで、buildworldが約6時間弱、buildkernelが約2時間もかかるのでcvsupも含めて結構時間がかかりました。