Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:15:11 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Thomas Mueller <mueller6727@bellsouth.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Subject: Re: 9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller Message-ID: <CAGH67wQBbkptvczNuRsV=qExGt%2BC=ZeVupqMh7q2msJMwpJ2ZQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109251112540.39698@wonkity.com> References: <20110925082217.92E54106566B@hub.freebsd.org> <CAJ5UdcPYBn%2BQiyQ5j-_PABf1AHXi3BXKP%2BgjF3KEQmGZPv7VoA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109251112540.39698@wonkity.com>
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On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>
>>> More concerns and questions onthe new bsdinstall:
>>>
>>> There is no upgrade function. How will a user be able to upgrade to
>>> BETA3 (or RC1?) without wiping out BETA2 installation?
>>>
>>> For instance, user might have built many software applications from ports
>>> and not want to rebuild everything.
>>>
>>
>> I have the same doubt/question. If I update the system via the ports,
>> do I have BETA3/RC1? or do I have to run
>> # freebsd-update
>>
>> to get the current release?
>
> The operating system is separate from ports. Source upgrades or
> freebsd-update are used to upgrade FreeBSD, while portsnap and
> portmaster/portupgrade are used to update ports.
>
>> Also, like is suggested, if I update by any means, I will probably
>> have to delete && reinstall everything in the ports. Is there a way
>> not to do this?
>
> Ports built for 9.x normally do not need to be rebuilt to continue to run on
> 9.x+1. The ABI is "stable" (unchanging).
But things can change (and have to me on occasion). If you're
absolutely certain that the ABI/KBI isn't changing, then the
assumption is true, but there are some times that ABI/KBI can change
at a later date if you update from RELEASE to STABLE.
HTH,
-Garrett
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