From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 16:08:09 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 6C7531065872 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:08:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3A1F8FC12 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:08:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id d26so127143eyd.7 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:08:08 -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=nY2pOT+y/f1iLQx/+ypyBm9YY4yaRo8P2Ba2SsqozKk=; b=bXiLW1uA14xKs5+dKvcXt7BTcmymfpo/D0crjQch/sVhuNlwGnT5aCyr1nNSk41YXK vTzkFMGnZR9c/3acNhbJQ7p8b7neaY1eEeByZDHMtJqYacBW4eg/LkW2fQTNXhYt+2y/ fk7Mb+BGfNKhnisqJz7Lq9o2cgilkxyWLp1aM= 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=iuka32kMfBSBvypREGh4Irr4h6MXoJju4wK/SVyhPE69QTHm3BWLjNoLR1dPD19rzk 3k9I3+FXKWUf13/C9gB9uLnWTnm5H+d5ObEaQayZKf6x3cGbebstFU4x6YIypnpiSILz 9pU/OE1HULmAyceAFF7Rt7pVuAn6a/tLaotw0= Received: by 10.210.35.10 with SMTP id i10mr424014ebi.53.1232034467148; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:47:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.104.15 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:47:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <991123400901150747u8acde88sf5709cb7b22dd89b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:47:46 +0300 From: "Odhiambo Washington" 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 16:08:15 -0000 On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 6:07 PM, 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? No. Not necessary for point upgrades. > > 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? Yes. That document is quite clear. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently." --Henry Ford