From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 21 22:53:03 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1DE8ECA5 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:53:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C30E1B68 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:53:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s9LMqs99009065 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:52:54 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) with ESMTP id s9LMqram009062; Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:52:54 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:52:53 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Karl Pielorz Subject: Re: freebsd-update - upgrade from 9.1-RELEASE to 9.3-RELEASE - requries all ports rebuilt? In-Reply-To: <517BECC5D916EAC560741895@Mail-PC.tdx.co.uk> Message-ID: References: <517BECC5D916EAC560741895@Mail-PC.tdx.co.uk> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (BSF 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:52:54 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:53:03 -0000 On Tue, 21 Oct 2014, Karl Pielorz wrote: > I just walked a system from 9.1-RELEASE to 9.3-RELEASE using 'freebsd-update > -r 9.3-RELEASE upgrade' > > Having fetched, patched, gone to single user - installed, rebooted - and > installed again - I'm greeted by: > > " > Completing this upgrade requires removing old shared object file. > Please rebuild all installed 3rd part software (e.g., programs > installed from the ports tree) and then run '/usr/sbin/freebsd-update > install' again to finish installing updates. > " > > > I thought that only had to happen if you moved between major versions (e.g. > 9.x to 10.x?) > > I can't find any way of making freebsd-update tell me what files it wants to > remove now either? > > If I ignore this (on the understanding I may be running binaries linked > against 'older' libraries) is that OK? > > This machine has a lot of ports on it - going from 9.1 to 9.3 was done > because I *thought* that wouldn't require a mass recompile :( Normally, it should not be necessary to rebuild ports for a minor version upgrade. I don't use freebsd-update, but it might be suggesting the safest way to do it, not necessarily that ports will not work afterward.