Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:50:53 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Marko Lerota <mlerota@iskon.hr> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to 7.0 - stupid requirements Message-ID: <20080228235053.GA2964@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <867igo3cih.fsf@zid.claresco.hr> References: <867igo3cih.fsf@zid.claresco.hr>
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On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:08:22AM +0100, Marko Lerota wrote: > In http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/announce.html says > > Updating Existing Systems > > > An upgrade of any existing system to FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE constitutes > > a major version upgrade, so no matter which method you use to update > > an older system you should reinstall any ports you have installed on Should, not must. Use misc/compat6x if you don't want to do this, but that doesn't work for things which look in the kernel (sysutils/lsof for example) Also, it doesn't say that you don't need to upgrade your ports, you need to reinstall them. Problem resolved by carefully reading. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/
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