From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 7 00:16:51 2004 Return-Path: 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 4B15916A4CE for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:16:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp13.wxs.nl (smtp13.wxs.nl [195.121.6.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B156743D53 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:16:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp13.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I56003W4U41LK@smtp13.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2004 02:16:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i970GnA9015033; Thu, 07 Oct 2004 02:16:49 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by alex.lan (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i970Glnk015032; Thu, 07 Oct 2004 02:16:47 +0200 Content-return: prohibited Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 02:16:47 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: To: Choy Kho Yee Message-id: <20041007001647.GA14719@alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <051585EC-17A8-11D9-A351-000A95BE58A4@tf7.so-net.ne.jp> <20041006151108.GA767@alex.lan> X-Authentication-warning: alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should I rebuild all ports? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:16:51 -0000 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/