From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 15 17:23:31 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9461B106566C for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:23:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com) Received: from nm2-vm0.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (nm2-vm0.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com [77.238.189.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D8A908FC0A for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:23:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [77.238.189.231] by nm2.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 15 Sep 2012 17:23:23 -0000 Received: from [217.146.189.246] by tm12.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 15 Sep 2012 17:23:23 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp111.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 15 Sep 2012 17:23:23 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1347729803; bh=X3+6I4T3FXUndr/13yXtyveBenuGxBipnEeKq9TZnTk=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Date:From:To:Cc:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:X-Mailer:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=sXPS2rOiTla8AYoAvFg/v+KCFrkjIVpYkpqK4w6L+t87PeGy7R3Ss6jhDU+XrdhePFB443Fa8sG1jzM31q+GQtcCm12sxYwPvH52Af89D18eCDOG1jYX4HmePuIxqmqtvST5Uwz6Kn1EaDsz0x0unfvW/+drZSY2/Q54mWHCEQA= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 428616.44156.bm@smtp111.mail.ird.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: hEl1ZgUVM1kD3uXOyU39N3DkPdfFgMKugbTDr0wxHZiCc3Y ydE.tF8gj2i66O5NHEPtmHHHnFQvzLaj7MUXCdn.uQi.LdZ0oYigvDP8BPuN w2zOGfGbA_iQyEpuASZrc9B931bEQrwUYOjAbREi75Mf6r3CjMWyedBxo7kO dDtEsRTqw60wO8JB4Gw6l4q6jicAdMbJt3Ym7O.47zmfMnGX_uCfKe0g9OKf MZCHmFoRtMHnK1GCJyo4pX_tGdwpe9_w_on9S7zcHfLmgANueVNbk9BqSnKw fDi7L2hG2o3unkHFsJgW4vO61GJ8xpktjegWDroUvsFQ7kKnz0oA7oxhSN3S inP5gsuTV8eZ97QhBZKWgGbE6xO4iry_SsSz1Vz_ATLQScbgNxDFFQS.J9Py JlIEkoPtX8.je49zLJuF1NxVHT1Gv7P1mZ3_qHJeLX9ct1dEP3roxNWWkZFz MCrQ.45qfNdoZW9IDhN9h6TTRZV3Jx8hKHCiJt4uBLUsJRY9pcHsbjAvcey4 noqkQcIgLmRkKpZo4HgySsQgSmUoaqg-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: QwgFOT2swBC9RbEk7L61j8D8oTJpwuBOkZBcLzY- Received: from [192.168.1.103] (laszlo_danielisz@89.133.20.41 with plain) by smtp111.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 15 Sep 2012 10:23:20 -0700 PDT Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:23:18 +0200 From: Laszlo Danielisz To: nightrecon@hotmail.com Message-ID: <44ECA0421F9A4C5A826B76AFE629A2EA@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: References: <7FB6587CC36F4140A852E74D9DFE4512@yahoo.com> X-Mailer: sparrow 1.6.3 (build 1173) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.1 -> 8.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:23:31 -0000 Great Mike, May I ask what is ABI? -- Laszlo Danielisz Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig) On 2012. September 15. at 18:56, Michael Powell wrote: > Laszlo Danielisz wrote: > > > Hey Guys, > > > > If I want to upgrade from 8.1-RELEASE-p11 to 8.3 do I need to also update > > installed packages? One more thing: by when has 8.3 release maintenance? > > Maybe I'm blind but I haven't found the date on freebsd.org (http://freebsd.org) > > > > > When updating within a major release version such as 8.1 to 8.x the ABI is > stable and remains the same so it is not necessary to update the third party > packages/ports. It becomes necessary to rebuild/update whenever changing > from one major release to another, such as from 8.x to 9.x for example. > > If you use csup and a supfile to update src, just use tag=RELENG_8_3 to pull > in the security maintenance release bits. Currently it is at P4. > > -Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org (mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org)" > >