From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 13 09:52:15 2012 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 2B7B2106566B for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:52:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gkontos.mail@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E96A78FC14 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:52:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iazz13 with SMTP id z13so6195375iaz.13 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:52:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ghg6Nibpl1bGgXhmxCnVWsabpKPAOIwOU2F26edFDF8=; b=sNwRPlsljPxUXeID8tlwFXbqZAbOV39UFls9cuHRwlymiLm7YaTG6wZAKuyGlTAeXl efIHwI1OyPdF/OludvocRe0j67J7GhEbdlO7hk3vTSYVG8CdB6CSOrjNS6EWMtcYG+Ch iqHFNMW5W/yAH3Bh2F9eqjl3WL0Jtx+/OANfg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.180.9 with SMTP id bs9mr140621icb.0.1326448333768; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:52:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.135.3 with HTTP; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:52:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:52:13 +0200 Message-ID: From: George Kontostanos To: FreeBSD Stable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 & recompile ports 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: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:52:15 -0000 On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:42 PM, George Kontostanos wrote: > Greetings all and my apologies for cross posting! > > There seems to be a confusion regarding the ABI change in FreeBSD 9 > and if this affects the usual upgrade path which includes a full port > rebuild. > > The relevant post is here: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3D2= 8831 > > Frankly, I am also confused because I remember a relevant discussion a > few months ago in the lists. Traditionally a major RELEASE upgrade > requires a full ports rebuild, however this time there is no > COMPAT_FREEBSD8 in GENERIC and most upgraded systems seem to be > working fine. On the other hand this is stated in UPDATING: > > 20110828: > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries that > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI compare= d > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bumpe= d. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle. > > Your input would be appreciated! > > Regards, > > -- > George Kontostanos > Aicom telecoms ltd Hmm, anyone :) ?