Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:57:32 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> Cc: Marko Lerota <mlerota@iskon.hr>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to 7.0 - stupid requirements Message-ID: <47C7587C.7080202@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20080229001343.C2A455B50@mail.bitblocks.com> References: <20080229001343.C2A455B50@mail.bitblocks.com>
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Bakul Shah wrote: > On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:54:55 +0100 Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >> portupgrade -faP requests to reinstall everything from precompiled >> packages. It will only fall back to compiling them locally if the >> package is unavailable (e.g. for legal reasons). >> >> Second, the reason for this requirement is explained in the >> announcement. In fact, it has *always* been required to recompile ports >> when moving to a new major release of FreeBSD, for guaranteed correct >> operation when some of the ports are updated later on. > > Er... Can't one run old binaries after installing one or more > of usr/ports/misc/compat-[3456]x -- that has not changed, has > it? No, it has not. As I've tried to explain, the difficulty is when you start recompiling parts of them, e.g. a shared library used by other ports. Kris
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