From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 1 13:05:28 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FD40106566B for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 13:05:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 060768FC14 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2010 13:05:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o61D5MVs063273 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:05:23 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <4C2C9292.2080201@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:05:22 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100512 Thunderbird/3.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bsd References: <2550CFD1-37B1-4DB2-8593-3C5632F0D5FE@todoo.biz> In-Reply-To: <2550CFD1-37B1-4DB2-8593-3C5632F0D5FE@todoo.biz> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.1 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_60,DKIM_ADSP_ALL, SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Liste FreeBSD Subject: Re: Freebsd update from 7.2p8 to 7.3-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:05:28 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwskpIACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzcAACfVfyMtMBWGILj8Yxvm007oHZH deUAn0hjdyQmdtOvyNHXa+Cm2KnfNqSK =rsYZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----