Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 02:16:47 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: Choy Kho Yee <khoyee@tf7.so-net.ne.jp> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should I rebuild all ports? Message-ID: <20041007001647.GA14719@alex.lan> In-Reply-To: <E5FC78B3-17AE-11D9-A351-000A95BE58A4@tf7.so-net.ne.jp> References: <051585EC-17A8-11D9-A351-000A95BE58A4@tf7.so-net.ne.jp> <20041006151108.GA767@alex.lan> <E5FC78B3-17AE-11D9-A351-000A95BE58A4@tf7.so-net.ne.jp>
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On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 12:46:33AM +0900, Choy Kho Yee wrote: > On 2004/10/07, at 0:11, Alex de Kruijff wrote: > > >On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 11:57:19PM +0900, Choy Kho Yee wrote: > >>I have just upgraded FreeBSD 5.3BETA6 to BETA7. > >>According to /usr/src/UPDATING, some of the system > >>libraries have been upgraded, and we should rebuild > >>all ports if we want to use the new libraries. So, > >> > >> 1. should I rebuild all ports? (I think it should take one > >> whole day...) > > > >I don't know. Does the apps work? > > Yes, I think they do work. According to my understanding, > the apps compiled before the updates are using the old > libraries, and the apps compiled after the update should utilize > the new libraries. As long as I don't remove the old libraries, > all apps should work fine. I was just curious to know whether > I should recompile all apps so that they may work better by > using the new libraries. Or will they? :) That is posible, but it doesn't have to. You can remove the old lib afther with the worry that some apps suddenly don't work anymore. -- Alex Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. WWW: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/FreeBSD/
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