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Subject: Re: cvsup RELENG_6_3 to RELENG_7 impaired gnome
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Try downloading the binary packages for 7.0 that you need and install 
them.  That would be fastest.

FreeBSD doesn't claim to maintain binary (library?) compatibility across 
major releases.  I personally have never had a problem, but I consider 
that dumb luck.

Regards,
Jason