From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 9 15:39:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77AE316A4E2 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:39:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3B7043D68 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 15:38:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k79FcVnY004574; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 16:38:31 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk from=m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk; sender-id=softfail; spf=softfail X-SenderID: Sendmail Sender-ID Filter v0.2.14 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk k79FcVnY004574 Message-ID: <44DA016F.6010505@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:38:23 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060801) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "V.I.Victor" References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigCA1C967A2221B4BF9E845228" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:38:51 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.3/1641/Wed Aug 9 00:01:19 2006 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_TESTING,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-25) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add question 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: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:39:07 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigCA1C967A2221B4BF9E845228 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable V.I.Victor wrote: > Generally -- is it OK to do a 'pkg_add' from > 'packages-6-stable' to a 5.4 system? >=20 > Specifically, I think I need to update 'fetchmail.' >=20 > What I've read *seems* to indicate it's OK, but... Not a good idea. 6.x packages are going to want libc.so.6 and other 6.x shlibs, which won't be available on your 5.5 box. You can, in principle, install packages from any of the 5.x releases or from 5.x-STABLE on a 5.x box, and modulo problems sorting out dependencies, everything should be able to work. However, you'll find it's a lot less effort in the end to just grab the latest ports tree using cvsup or portsnap and update that way. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigCA1C967A2221B4BF9E845228 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE2gF38Mjk52CukIwRCGbXAJ0Z2qLNxSCv452wByaF8FPoo7rBsQCfYVKF yJLSQEjwAhMQwuQs73+/7fo= =hxde -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigCA1C967A2221B4BF9E845228--