From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 25 18:15:13 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79FEE1065672 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:15:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f175.google.com (mail-qy0-f175.google.com [209.85.216.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31B2F8FC14 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:15:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk10 with SMTP id 10so9109623qyk.13 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Gcn+ny421WxGqq9MRQ35rNM+X2HEV4RoXac4scisQNY=; b=Xjc7Nt+aVuKQkTVfJiYxOeItbNllrtOffVRmdVwjXfsIpnUWFH0o0AYT/dgY+LUAM9 pKEBqsjrgQIrhwXbg+0CMLC2jDemcJ6dSP3+FgUM0WNe1vxaxpiQMDG1T+GE0oEnu/9M Z4WljWn+RfUV4hG0Vc0gVMgSzBYojYFpdyu8c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.183.205 with SMTP id ch13mr390724qab.274.1316974512130; Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.74.82 with HTTP; Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:15:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20110925082217.92E54106566B@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:15:11 -0700 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Thomas Mueller , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Antonio Olivares Subject: Re: 9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:15:13 -0000 On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: > >>> More concerns and questions onthe new bsdinstall: >>> >>> There is no upgrade function. =A0How 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 por= ts >>> and not want to rebuild everything. >>> >> >> I have the same doubt/question. =A0If I update the system via the ports, >> do I have BETA3/RC1? =A0or do I have to run >> # freebsd-update >> >> to get the current release? > > The operating system is separate from ports. =A0Source 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. =A0Is 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. =A0The 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