Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 18:22:47 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: gzip packages on FreeBSD 4-STABLE Message-ID: <200209250122.g8P1MlZJ013525@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <87znu66hr9.fsf@pooh.int> References: <F113HOzyfyz5b6KZmcK0000003f@hotmail.com> <87znu66hr9.fsf@pooh.int>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] If memory serves me right, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2002-09-25T00:05:47Z, "John Daniels" <jmd526@hotmail.com> writes: > > > In essence, 1) there is no backward compatibility, right? so 2) will it be > > possible to 'upgrade' an older FreeBSD version to bzip2 without upgrading > > the system as a whole? > > If I'm not mistaken, aren't packages the result of ports that have been > compiled? Correct. > Would it be difficult to upgrade those old machines with ports > instead of packages from now on? The compression format used for packages has zero impact on upgrading machines with ports. Remember, we're trying to put things *back* the way they were. Bruce. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE9kQ/n2MoxcVugUsMRAsUwAKDwOAK3etZqyiaJgi0r6NwU59UzzgCgykph UYeuoob+hFX6vABoY78s3hE= =yLME -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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