Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:05:22 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: bsd <bsd@todoo.biz> Cc: Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Freebsd update from 7.2p8 to 7.3-RELEASE Message-ID: <4C2C9292.2080201@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <2550CFD1-37B1-4DB2-8593-3C5632F0D5FE@todoo.biz> References: <2550CFD1-37B1-4DB2-8593-3C5632F0D5FE@todoo.biz>
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On 01/07/2010 12:44:10, bsd wrote:
> I wanted to know if I could safely update one of my production
> server from 7.2p8 to 7.3-RELEASE without having to recompile all userland
> apps installed… ?
>
> I am using portmaster and have a couple of hundred ports installed…
Yes, this is perfectly fine: so long as the major version number stays
the same, you don't need to reinstall all your ports. The FreeBSD
project guarantees ABI stability for the shlibs in the base system over
the lifetime of a major version.
Cheers,
Matthew
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