From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 17 17:56:57 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758) id 6AC1316A4CF; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:56:57 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:56:57 +0000 From: Kris Kennaway To: Toomas Aas Message-ID: <20050317175657.GS91771@hub.freebsd.org> References: <42388091.5060103@raad.tartu.ee> <20050316200949.GF91771@hub.freebsd.org> <42390B81.4080009@raad.tartu.ee> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42390B81.4080009@raad.tartu.ee> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: Kris Kennaway cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which ports use C++? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:56:57 -0000 On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 06:45:53AM +0200, Toomas Aas wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > >On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 08:53:05PM +0200, Toomas Aas wrote: > > > >>Or should I more or less expect that I need to rebuild *all* the ports > >>anyway? > > > >That's best; there are other incompatibilities that are there when you > >have old (compiled on 5.2) versions of a library and you try and > >compile new software against them on 5.3. > > OK. But just to make sure I understand it right - does this mean that if > I upgrade to 5.3, then those ports that depend on some incompatible > library or are written in C++ do not work until they are recompiled? > > I'm aware that some of the library upgrades can be overcome with > /etc/libmap.conf, but apparently this doesn't get it all. Correct on both counts. Kris -- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe