From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 25 10:34:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CD661065677 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:34:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pali.gabor@googlemail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA2EC8FC23 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:34:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pali.gabor@googlemail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so1157226fgb.35 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:34:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:message-id:date:from :organization:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=1P6RgJcV4bJSZsQjx9sxOsW8AWqYhglsIzrRSFvPtnQ=; b=dc0ST4d4QC760Mgc1UpZXe5Y+bJ+++vHFcoImvuhiTSK36MSw+kKH3iUD3RNcOoAbs DO7/620Ltb+qItesH0A7qwxVZXIaRGwrXlxns47Ffd2do+fhb+OegxH7/Ejixl6wc4bB tY6PI/gXcmv4o8NiXy/aEW2BNBdCt+ty1+8Ec= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:organization:user-agent:mime-version:to :cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=TRMmEiCAK3OG1nxBes3YHo4oTeRt0vGRB177CWQdjE87x4kBX7g+Cgdy1ToRWjlbUm +yp/BJSNLykddOAmYOFEMU83H5dhTTCJRztsDeyPbG4rqcTI3g7kAdzQkHH4phfl3ZTt hNC78jpTBBTpaf73EZ+eEP0jdfPvNmreN4n+s= Received: by 10.86.92.4 with SMTP id p4mr5643763fgb.36.1230201294551; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:34:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.2.3? ([195.228.9.254]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e20sm8822563fga.53.2008.12.25.02.34.52 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:34:53 -0800 (PST) Sender: =?UTF-8?B?UMOBTEkgR8OhYm9yIErDoW5vcw==?= Message-ID: <495361AF.5030409@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:34:23 +0100 From: Gabor PALI Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081023) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Seaman References: <1230175126.1189.26.camel@localhost> <49535D60.2060101@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <49535D60.2060101@infracaninophile.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question about update(I think it should be added to our faq). X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:34:56 -0000 Dear Li and Matthew, >> The question is: >> >> If I update system from release_6.1 to release_7.0, whether I should >> re-compile every ports use the "portupgrade -af" command. >> >> Somebody told me "yes", "no" or "recommendatory", but they have not give >> me any explanation, so I am confused about it. > > Something like this as an answer to the FAQ? I volunteer to review your recommended procedure and create a patch for you. I think an exhaustive explanation should be added to the Handbook (to chapter "Updating and Upgrading FreeBSD"), and referenced only from the FAQ (in a short answer). Thank you for discussing this! :) Cheers, :g