Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:15:12 -0700 From: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> To: Hans Lambermont <hans@lambermont.dyndns.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: libtool upgrade question (UPDATING/20060223) Message-ID: <EE2099A3-9D9B-44C2-853B-237DAD3BFECF@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20060816101051.GA67212@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org> References: <20060816101051.GA67212@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org>
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On Aug 16, 2006, at 03:10 , Hans Lambermont wrote: > I'm wondering what the 'careful use of' really means, more > specifically > what should one look out for when using the mentioned '-n' ? "Careful" means exactly that. A simple "portupgrade -a" *may* work for you, as it has certainly done for others. However, there is plenty of complementary evidence that the exact same command line operation, with a different set of ports installed, results in a smoldering heap of instability, broken-ness, plague, locusts, spontaneous combustion, and other side effects. We have 15k+ ports. On multiple architectures. On multiple different OS revisions. As such, the likely number of all possible combinations of the above rapidly approaches the number of atoms in the (known) Universe. In such cases, it is simply easier to write "carefully", than attempt (and fail) to enumerate every single combination. It is (was) a big change. If you (generic) are at all unsure, don't rely on automated upgrade systems, particularly on mission-critical machines. -aDe
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