From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 19:01:12 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF6351065679 for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 19:01:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail09.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail09.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D4FA8FC16 for ; Tue, 13 May 2008 19:01:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-215-175.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.215.175]) by mail09.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m4DJ12Ds026302 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 14 May 2008 05:01:06 +1000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4DJ128E062406; Wed, 14 May 2008 05:01:02 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m4DJ0vAF062402; Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:57 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:57 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Bakul Shah Message-ID: <20080513190057.GH64804@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20080513153303.35BFA5B55@mail.bitblocks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080513153303.35BFA5B55@mail.bitblocks.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: stable@freebsd.org, Pete French Subject: Re: Changing an installed system from i386 to amd64 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: Tue, 13 May 2008 19:01:12 -0000 --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2008-May-13 08:33:03 -0700, Bakul Shah wrote: >Most all old 32 bit ports should work but upgrading them can >mess things up. All the new compiles will generate 64 bit >binaries but any port dependencies on a shared library will >be wrong. It's actually somewhat worse than this: When compiling a new port with dependencies, the internal foo_DEPENDS logic will detect the i386 .so but the port's own configuration tools or build process will normally die in interesting ways when they can't actually use that .so. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgp5WkACgkQ/opHv/APuIczYgCgqDl1NlLLXi1qwflknOQGeqxW 4vAAoJYFAEk3/MFsdM1lrbeXHT9kd9oA =tUZW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --u3/rZRmxL6MmkK24--