From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 15:46:59 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 93E4C106571F; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:46:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kitchetech@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19F298FC13; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:46:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kitchetech@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so651730fgb.35 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:46:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=3pxKg7ORcE8heYFqnq00bRXHBJUczj+Pcuz7zMEtMYY=; b=UH8VY2p1/ZZsbr3LkpkSe5m8s0CGkascJnCSYia9tzARDQ+KVfddwneBBN0H5eS40O PsNaMZA4PLsOOA1pFn2/4UDtByk3ULEKqFLVQ8Y0UAib5BcFfUs1kUWTdVHA1ey+ve76 RUei0ZhcdPVjiVzNMvZ9/AauoJCOrS3eg4dM4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=i0TJijdmszFnDW1Mn0D9eE1p79d1wHOGuDG6/8EsfhapdCW1Ocg/+tW1tC5cvs380/ fN7orOHrNF0TCH/xOUzeRAJCcka2/BWhRrcY/ow2vE12j3UX03ZfXu3IjNEb2Aya98ov P3/XWhpurcV9sG9UFm0ZE7IAn9L225VL4Zfc4= Received: by 10.86.86.12 with SMTP id j12mr1436877fgb.33.1232034417057; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:46:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.81.8 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:46:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <28283d910901150746u78cb20adu250109e63d2a7c3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:46:56 -0500 From: "matt donovan" To: "Olivier Mueller" In-Reply-To: <1232032068.5374.74.camel@frosh> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1232032068.5374.74.camel@frosh> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade 7.0 -> 7.1 : portupgrade -af required? 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: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:47:01 -0000 On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Olivier Mueller wrote: > Hello, > > After an upgrade from FreeBSD 7.0 to 7.1 (with freebsd-update in my > case), is it required to recompile all ports (portupgrade -af) like > specified in some docs/blog-entries, or is it not *really* necessary? > What are you doing on your production systems? Having to upgrade > several servers (>15), it's quite important for me to estimate the time > required for the operation... > > I did the upgrade on a test server here, and all ports still seems to > work (apache, php, mysql, etc.) so I guess the answer is no, but I'd > like to be sure before upgrading some important servers :-) > > According to: > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.1R/announce.html > "Users of earlier FreeBSD releases (FreeBSD 6.x) can also use > freebsd-update to upgrade to FreeBSD 7.1, but will be prompted to > rebuild all third-party applications (e.g., anything installed from the > ports tree) after the second invocation of "freebsd-update install", in > order to handle differences in the system libraries between FreeBSD 6.x > and FreeBSD 7.x." > > It would be necessary only for major upgrades (6.x -> 7.x). Right? > > thanks & regards, > Olivier > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Only tiem to rebuild ports really is for a major version change say 6. -> 7.x but for a minor version change you do not have to rebuild