From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 4 15:24:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 321D91065672 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:24:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B86A38FC19 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:24:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 18146 invoked by uid 399); 4 Aug 2009 15:24:07 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO foreign.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 4 Aug 2009 15:24:07 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4A785290.5010201@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:24:00 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090729) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Bennett References: <200908041407.n74E7jc3024539@mp.cs.niu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200908041407.n74E7jc3024539@mp.cs.niu.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is upgrade of devel/lib{tool, tldl}15 to devel/lib{tool, tldl}22 worth it? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:24:10 -0000 Scott Bennett wrote: > I see that /usr/ports/UPDATING describes an upgrade of devel/libtool15 > and devel/libtldl15 to devel/libtool22 and devel/libtldl22, respectively. > Is this a good enough thing to do to justify the probable misery and risk > of disaster that would be necessary to get through it? Excessive dramatics aside, the short answer is yes. The longer answer is that the process described in UPDATING (using either portupgrade or portmaster) is painless. Also, if you don't do the update now the next time you try to build a port that requires libtool you _will_ have pain. hope this helps, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection