From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 19 14:22:42 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28CAE106564A for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:22:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3cd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9679F8FC13 for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:22:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:fa1e:dfff:feda:c0bb]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q1JEMbqe081538 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:22:37 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.4.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk q1JEMbqe081538 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1329661357; bh=ov8Wa6aUdQnm4+7ps6JNvDNoBxd4CXYC9Pff6aT8J1s=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=r0/6OUHzf+F62lIWJYXYb7c1OAhgLAbmg3U72GQePHiwVrRqSa+dpgeg+5SPcdQRp eCFjlrkr4kMtQ1EyfN5DgCJjFuKVgtWqCTN92EcJyeoJtgNgkpdN8Yd8zR/IFLGDTi fuzH9y01miBoI3ysYue0CVExulv01w5Ft47PaCJk= Message-ID: <4F4105A5.7050203@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:22:29 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Antonio Olivares References: <201202190204.q1J24gJx080884@mail.r-bonomi.com> <4F40CD81.1000708@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigBA1D04D20FCB341889167B2E" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.3 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No updates needed to update system to 8.2-RELEASE-p6 but still on 8.2-RELEASE-p3 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: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:22:42 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigBA1D04D20FCB341889167B2E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 19/02/2012 11:17, Antonio Olivares wrote: > I hope this is the case, but that -p3 makes me think? I am hesistant > to move to 9.0-RELEASE as of yet. There will apparently be an > 8.3-RELEASE and I am not sure whether I have to rebuild all ports if I > update to newer release. I have read some places that one does not > have to rebuild all ports, and just install compat8.x/ special port. > In FreeBSD Handbook, it still recommends to rebuild all ports. It > took me a while to get going last time I moved from 8.1-RELEASE to > 8.2-RELEASE, so I am hesistant to do it :( And not being sure about > this, I am in the thinking process of what should I do. If you upgrade from 8.2 to 8.3 then you don't need to rebuild all your ports. There's a guarantee of ABI compatibility for all 8.x releases, meaning that with a very few exceptions, anything that runs on one 8.x version will run on any of them. The exceptions are programs that go grovelling into kernel memory -- lsof(8) is probably the only one most people will encounter. On the other hand, if you upgrade from 8.x to 9.0, then yes you will have to rebuild all your ports. If you install compat8x you can /run/ programs built for 8.x on 9.0, but you can't[*] upgrade or install a lot of programs that use shlibs from ports. Ultimately it is less hassle just to rebuild everything and be done with it. Cheers, Matthew [*] Well, unless you are a Unix guru and wize in the ways of the dynamic loader. --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigBA1D04D20FCB341889167B2E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk9BBawACgkQ8Mjk52CukIx73gCgisCU+FRUu1f/dS55E5N9RCMY is4Anjgs7Gp6hLRr3e/2j652VmHQn0ks =oNZF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigBA1D04D20FCB341889167B2E--