From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 18 18:01:40 2009 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 D049C1065694 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:01:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from chen.org.nz (ip-58-28-152-174.static-xdsl.xnet.co.nz [58.28.152.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A0C68FC17 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:01:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B63802841E; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:01:39 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:01:39 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Peter Steele Message-ID: <20091118180139.GA45385@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33A5FA10@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33A5FA34@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33A5FA3E@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <200911180833.33918.npapke@acm.org> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33A5FB64@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33A5FB64@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ELF library not found error 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: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:01:40 -0000 On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:49:47AM -0600, Peter Steele wrote: > >Presumably (and I am speculating), the 8.0 packages are not yet finalized and therefore inconsistent. Perhaps you will have better luck after the official 8.0 Release? > > I was thinking the same thing--too much version mismatching going on. I'm going to take your suggestion though and compile all of the ports we want to use, and then convert them back into packages. I tried that with one port that was failing and this solved the problem. > When you do a major upgrade (ie: 6 to 7, or 7 to 8), one of the final steps recommended is to recompile all ports. The compatX packages are a stop gap until your transition is complete, and can/should be removed once all your ports have been updated. If you choose not to recompile/refectch all your ports, you are faced with the possibility of library and port dependancy breakages as each installed port updates to newer and possibly incompatible versions. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad." - Bob Edwards