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Cc: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: portupgrade and freebsd-update: A better way?
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Peter Beckman <beckman@angryox.com> writes:

> Is it safe to assume ABI compatibility between minor releases (6.1 -> 6.2)
> and must recompile everything between major releases (6.3 -> 7.0)?

That's the intended approach, but read the release notes and updating
instructions rather than assuming anything.