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On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:52:00 -0400
Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> wrote:
 
> On Oct 16, 2005, at 7:57 AM, dick hoogendijk wrote:

> > The *ONLY* question is: will I need to *recompile* all installed
> > ports if I go from 5.4 to 6.0 release?
> 
> No, the kernel has COMPAT_FREEBSD5 and COMPAT_FREEBSD4 by default,
> so just keep those and your shared libs around and you're golden.
> Of course, ports like lsof which dependon the kernel version will
> have to be rebuilt, but that's true no matter the version change...

I get contradicting advice. You tell me I'm golden 'cause of the
compat_xx settings; others tell me it's way better to *recompile* all
portsto get the cleanest system.

Wat is the best way to get the cleanest FreeBSD-6.x system without
installing from scratch? Recompile each port? Or use the
COMPAT_FREEBSD5 layer?

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