From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 2 21:13:33 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 D7D3516A41A for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:13:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mlt01+O4=bbdb8028@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from turtle-out.mxes.net (turtle-out.mxes.net [216.86.168.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A94B513C4B7 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:13:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mlt01+O4=bbdb8028@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-03.mxes.net (mxout-03.mxes.net [216.86.168.178]) by turtle-in.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CF1A10550 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 16:53:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com. (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 648DA5191A; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 16:53:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:53:20 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071002215320.13360851@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <200710021923.29750.daniel.tourde@spray.se> References: <200710021923.29750.daniel.tourde@spray.se> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: daniel.tourde@spray.se Subject: Re: How to check applications vs. libraries 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, 02 Oct 2007 21:13:33 -0000 On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 19:23:29 +0200 Daniel Tourde wrote: > I am used to install FreeBSD applications by using the port > collection. I also update regularly (twice a month or something) the > apps, using 'portupgrade -a -N' on a refreshed port collection. > > Here are my questions: > - How can I check that the apps that have been build with certain > libraries still work when some of the libs have been updated? > - Is it possible then to rebuild the selected set of apps that have > been 'corrupted' by the library upgrade (classicaly from liba.1 to > liba.2)? If yes, how? > Generally this doesn't cause a problem as when portupgrade upgrades a library through a major revision, it puts a copy of the old library into a compatibility directory. Applications that depend on updated libraries get version-bumped when the library major version gets changed, so just keeping your ports up-to-date is all you normally need to make sure everything is using the latest libraries.