Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 13:11:23 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.1 -> 8.3 Message-ID: <20120916131123.94b85d72.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <201209152132.q8FLWgIj022329@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <k32c0g$ao5$1@ger.gmane.org> <201209152132.q8FLWgIj022329@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:32:42 -0500 (CDT), Robert Bonomi wrote: > > From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Sep 15 11:58:42 2012 > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> > > Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:56:49 -0400 > > Subject: Re: 8.1 -> 8.3 > > > > 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 > > > > > > > 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. > > Note: this is _generally_ accurate. There are *rare* exceptions -- things > that have to be compiled against against the actual kernel in use, because > they go rummaging through kernel internal data structures. > > Historically, lsof wa one such program. > > Such programs tended to have *LOUD* caveats in the build documentation, > and run-time checks for kernel version consistency. > > In 30+ years as a sysadmin, I think I've only encoundered abouut _four_ > such programs. There may be one addition: Sometimes, programs originating from ports become part of the OS (the base system). If I remember correctly, that happened in the 7.x branch with xz (becoming /usr/bin/xz). In such cases, it's good to revier the related ports. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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