From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 18 22:39:22 2007 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 58E9B16A419 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:39:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15BD513C428; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:39:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <46F05398.3040009@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:39:20 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brent Jones References: <67288B8BCBFE7A4EA1915CC24CD0D4C0ECDF62@sbadex01.commerce.otago.ac.nz> In-Reply-To: <67288B8BCBFE7A4EA1915CC24CD0D4C0ECDF62@sbadex01.commerce.otago.ac.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1250; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do you need to rebuild ports after 7-Current upgrade? 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: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:39:22 -0000 Brent Jones wrote: > Good morning - > > After a 6.2 to 7-Current FreeBSD upgrade, do you need to rebuild your > ports? Yes (as with any major release upgrade). Old binaries will continue to work, but if you ever plan to compile a new port you will have to rebuild your existing ports first, because otherwise you'll be linking together 6.x and 7.x libraries in the same binary, which is a recipe for sadness. Kris