Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:10:07 +0300 From: Andrew Kolchoogin <andrew@rinet.ru> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to 7.0 - stupid requirements Message-ID: <1204279807.3066.7.camel@akela> In-Reply-To: <20080229100836.00007b83@westmark> References: <867igo3cih.fsf@zid.claresco.hr> <005b01c87a63$b3cb8670$1b629350$@com> <20080229100836.00007b83@westmark>
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Sat, 29/02/2008 at 10:08 +0100, Dick Hoogendijk writes:
> > No one is forcing you to upgrade.
> Head in the sand reaction.
Nope.
> I think the guy is right.
> The upgrade proces and constant rebuilding of ports made me switch in
> the end after years of using freeBSD. My computer is fast, but I want
> to use it for someting useful iso compiling and compiling and..
You were not forced to.
All of your installed software will work fine if you install 6.x
compatibility libraries unless a piece of software is inherently
system-dependant.
Generally speaking, OpenOffice.org will work fine, and lm_sensors
MIGHT, but it is not guaranteed to.
As of any major version upgrade of FreeBSD. :)
--
Yours
Andrew Kolchoogin.
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