Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 02:52:18 -0500 From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: Martin Gignac <martin.gignac@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Any point to building separate 8.2 and 8.3 packages? Message-ID: <CACdU%2Bf9eK7FnhbECCE_xcKVAsjKkTYmTJDmLK4HdFXA%2BDqDQiQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANf9dFONR6AUWTTEcfnA4E8YPtyPkBsX8nLQy_%2B8LUDQrQ=Ksw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANf9dFONR6AUWTTEcfnA4E8YPtyPkBsX8nLQy_%2B8LUDQrQ=Ksw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:17 AM, Martin Gignac <martin.gignac@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I currently have some 8.2 and 8.3 servers which I cannot upgrade to > 9.0 yet. I am looking at building packages with Poudriere and pkgng > for these 8.2/8.3 servers. > > My question is this: do I need to create separate 8.2 and 8.3 jails on > Poudriere and build discreet packages for each of these minor > releases, or will packages built for a given 8.X release run on any > 8.Y release? In other words, are there any compilation/repackaging > requirements of ports/packages when one upgrades from one minor > version number to the next? > A package built on 8.2 will continue to work on 8.3. The only thing that may not work are ports that require kernel sources to build or install kernel modules. Scot
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