Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:57:16 +0200 From: George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> To: Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 & recompile ports Message-ID: <CA%2BdUSyqW6d%2BLcnHCLyyd_S0CMcRSt22CZ1AYR=MgtJS8quWYBQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F1024F2.20103@gmail.com> References: <CA%2BdUSyrV_j8GtxS4=yN-DsFCprQ7N%2BEmuRoraDwBLZN1EFFR9w@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BdUSyqZVVyVkVWTPJXJe921NcZ3RaEN9QojH55NhRNP8xDinA@mail.gmail.com> <4F10009A.7000307@FreeBSD.org> <4F100D9E.80807@FreeBSD.org> <CA%2BdUSyrFVn0skisgeJ1pYjHN3wCXC2tqDPoMoqWNqkjAk8DVmA@mail.gmail.com> <4F1024F2.20103@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks@gmail.com> wr= ote: > George Kontostanos schreef: > >> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Andriy Gapon<avg@freebsd.org> =A0wrote= : >>> >>> on 13/01/2012 11:59 Doug Barton said the following: >>>> >>>> On 01/13/2012 01:52, George Kontostanos wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:42 PM, George Kontostanos >>>>> <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> =A0wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> 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 por= t >>>>>> rebuild. >>>>>> >>>>>> The relevant post is here: >>>>>> http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3D28831 >>>>>> >>>>>> 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 co= mpared >>>>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0to stable/8 and which shared library version was not = bumped. >>>>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle. >>>>>> >>>>>> Your input would be appreciated! >>>>> >>>>> Hmm, anyone :) ? >>>> >>>> If your question is, "Do I need to rebuild my ports when doing a major >>>> OS version upgrade?" the answer is always "Yes." >>>> >>>> The method described at the end of the portmaster man page is preferre= d, >>>> whether you actually use portmaster to do the upgrade or not. (I.e., >>>> good backups, delete everything, start over from scratch.) >>> >>> I think that another part of the question was "why there is no >>> COMPAT_FREEBSD8 >>> kernel option in 9?" and I think that Volodymyr has tried to answer thi= s >>> part >>> with another question. >>> >>> -- >>> Andriy Gapon >> >> Hi guys, >> >> I am aware of the proper procedure which requires a full rebuild after >> a major upgrade. >> >> Doug, the question had to to with =A0COMPAT_FREEBSD8 missing from GENERI= C. >> >> It seems this and the fact that some upgrades from 8.2-STABLE worked >> fine without a recompile, has created the confusion. >> >> > Did he do make delete-old-libs, if you leave them, then no recompile is > needed, and the ports still have there old libs laying around.! > If you do the make delete-old-libs command, your ports do not work anymor= e. > > regards > Johan Hendriks > > Very good point! Still the question remains regarding COMPAT_FREEBSD8 and how does this affects ports/misc/compat8x/ Cheers --=20 George Kontostanos Aicom telecoms ltd http://www.aisecure.net
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