Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 20:50:57 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, kayve@sfsu.edu, jcw@highperformance.net Subject: Re: cvsup RELENG_6_3 to RELENG_7 impaired gnome Message-ID: <200805261850.m4QIov6O094226@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <483A3E1A.9030908@highperformance.net>
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Jason C. Wells wrote: > Try downloading the binary packages for 7.0 that you need and install > them. That would be fastest. I think fastest would probably be to install the compat6x package (or port). Of course, it is certainly preferable to rebuild all ports for FreeBSD 7 (or re-install prebuilt packages). But if you need to get everything running as quickly as possible, installing compat6x is probably better. > FreeBSD doesn't claim to maintain binary (library?) compatibility across > major releases. Uhm. I think that's wrong. I still have a few FreeBSD 4.x binaries that run fine on current versions of FreeBSD. You just have to install the appropriate compat* packages (and the COMPAT_* options in your kernel, which is by default in GENERIC anyway). Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Python tricks" is a tough one, cuz the language is so clean. E.g., C makes an art of confusing pointers with arrays and strings, which leads to lotsa neat pointer tricks; APL mistakes everything for an array, leading to neat one-liners; and Perl confuses everything period, making each line a joyous adventure <wink>. -- Tim Peters
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