Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:23:18 +0200 From: Laszlo Danielisz <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com> To: nightrecon@hotmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.1 -> 8.3 Message-ID: <44ECA0421F9A4C5A826B76AFE629A2EA@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <k32c0g$ao5$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <7FB6587CC36F4140A852E74D9DFE4512@yahoo.com> <k32c0g$ao5$1@ger.gmane.org>
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Great Mike, May I ask what is ABI? -- Laszlo Danielisz Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig) On 2012. September 15. at 18:56, Michael Powell wrote: > Laszlo Danielisz wrote: > > > Hey Guys, > > > > If I want to upgrade from 8.1-RELEASE-p11 to 8.3 do I need to also update > > installed packages? One more thing: by when has 8.3 release maintenance? > > Maybe I'm blind but I haven't found the date on freebsd.org (http://freebsd.org) > > > > > When updating within a major release version such as 8.1 to 8.x the ABI is > stable and remains the same so it is not necessary to update the third party > packages/ports. It becomes necessary to rebuild/update whenever changing > from one major release to another, such as from 8.x to 9.x for example. > > If you use csup and a supfile to update src, just use tag=RELENG_8_3 to pull > in the security maintenance release bits. Currently it is at P4. > > -Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org (mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org)" > >
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