From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 19 18:41:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 760C11065698 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:41:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from serenity@exscape.org) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3042B8FC08 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:41:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from serenity@exscape.org) Received: from c83-253-252-234.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.252.234]:58155 helo=mx.exscape.org) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MSb5e-0001gZ-3v; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:26:28 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.5] (macbookpro [192.168.1.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx.exscape.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 63D971386C7; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:26:24 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <58F0204B-ECE6-479A-AAC2-7868E71ABB43@exscape.org> From: Thomas Backman To: Ken Smith In-Reply-To: <1248027417.14210.110.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:26:21 +0200 References: <1248027417.14210.110.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.252.234 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1MSb5e-0001gZ-3v. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1MSb5e-0001gZ-3v b201278915acd34693d46894c0c0555c Cc: FreeBSD current , freebsd-stable Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: Shared Library Versions bumped... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:41:48 -0000 On Jul 19, 2009, at 20:16, Ken Smith wrote: > The problem is that as of the next time you update a machine that had > been running -current you are best off reinstalling all ports or other > applications you have on the machine. When you reboot after doing the > update to the base system everything you have installed will still > work > because the old shared library versions will still be there. However > anything you build on the machine after its base system gets updated > would be linked against the newer base system shared libraries but any > libraries that are part of ports or other applications (e.g. the Xorg > libraries) would have been linked against the older library versions. > You really don't want to leave things that way. So, to be clear: a fresh ports tree and "portupgrade -af" after building and installing r195767+ should be enough to solve any problems? (installkernel, installworld, reboot, portupgrade -af) Regards, Thomas