From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 15 13:34:45 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA4D11065672 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:34:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ndhertbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6673C8FC1B for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:34:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so108492bwz.13 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:34:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=wX/ndqL3f0RlyBkAEUl/p71K5rgkDJdSE/s2eITEPRQ=; b=VPSLu/J6y9r9ZAxn0hctsiS67JFlkLutuFxCRK6D4MVOod1GVPGlaNDnx7hSTrCGxT rOmmYJKTl13gyavIQxRDwQWzxJQBl5z8WLsvCtpTjDjWMsLy//D9Sk0uGlHHYyfCnTKn 7fHVLwnuBGeamPjpVabHa5dQpHMZ4fjPoRhu8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=cxVLadN1j8n0cUV4ValdAlA3Yu7VCa+dL668YQLaT/FZ0lDB36pkIJMfQ4UgTmpSza ETCEAbL+EeMLx+m4T28kaZNnYfMF1PcyD5rpRZKLXoO7LqS9KBDnT1xaVotdLrdou6z8 RA1eZCpk4H+/v0A+gGgkwVvLo+2p9hk4D6CDs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.74.25 with SMTP id s25mr5468575bkj.76.1276608883356; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:34:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.47.224 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:34:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:34:43 +0200 Message-ID: From: n dhert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: system state after freebsd-update and before portugprade -af X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:34:45 -0000 When doing a major version upgrade of FreeBSD, the last (mandatory) step is to rebuild and reinstall all third party software (ports) (# portupgrade -af ) I have a system with 750+ ports, I guess the portupgrade -af will take something like 30 hours to compile (on a test system with 425 ports portugprade -af took 15 hours). What happens in the periode that not every port is yet rebuilt and reinstalled? Will applications (webserver, print server, X server, and the many other apps) not be working, until these ports (and the ports they depend on) will be successfully recompiled ?