Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:26:19 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: binary compatibility 6.2 -> 6.3 Message-ID: <4747457B.30706@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20071123141158.72c17557@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <882887.83136.qm@web88309.mail.re4.yahoo.com> <20071123141158.72c17557@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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RW wrote: > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:21:17 -0500 (EST) > Michael S <msherman77@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Good day all, >> >> I am running 6.2 with patches, however my package_site >> points to 6-stable. Upgrading binary packages gives >> this message: Undefined symbol "__sbmaskrune". >> >> >From the few results Google returned, I realized that >> the packages in 6-stable are for the upcoming 6.3. I >> thought that major branches were compatible. Am I >> wrong? > > Yes, the compatibility works the other way around, packages built > under 6.2 are supposed to work under 6.3/6-stable. That much is pretty much guaranteed, but we also support the other way around, in many cases. In the present case, the problem was noticed the other day (by me ;) and fixed, so the next package upload will correct the problem. Kris
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