From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 26 12:47:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50412106566B for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 12:47:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A89F8FC1B for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 12:47:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1K0c6k-0002Fu-VI for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 12:47:22 +0000 Received: from mar92-9-82-237-75-54.fbx.proxad.net ([82.237.75.54]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 12:47:22 +0000 Received: from gilles.ganault by mar92-9-82-237-75-54.fbx.proxad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 12:47:22 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Gilles Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 14:47:10 +0200 Lines: 17 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: mar92-9-82-237-75-54.fbx.proxad.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.1/32.783 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080526-0, 26/05/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Sender: news Subject: Is it safe to upgrade libraries? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 12:47:28 -0000 Hello When running "'pkg_version -v", I notice that some libraries are out of date, such as the most important glib: glib-2.14.6 < needs updating (port has 2.16.3) Before I go ahead and run "cd /usr/ports/devel/glib20 ; make ; make install", I'd like to check what the recommended way is to upgrade critical applications like this? As I connect remotely through SSH, I wouldn't want to break this box and have to drive to the location because it won't run after the upgrade. Thank you.