Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:43:56 +0200 From: Laszlo Danielisz <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.1 -> 8.3 Message-ID: <4D81FD94D0AC4D1188D7ED6FF708FB16@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <201209152132.q8FLWgIj022329@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201209152132.q8FLWgIj022329@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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Today I'm going to have some time and will do the upgrade. Thanks for all of you for the support! -- Laszlo Danielisz Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig) On 2012. September 15. at 23:32, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) Sat Sep 15 11:58:42 2012 > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) > > From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com (mailto:nightrecon@hotmail.com)> > > Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:56:49 -0400 > > Subject: Re: 8.1 -> 8.3 > > > > Laszlo Danielisz wrote: > > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > > > If I want to upgrade from 8.1-RELEASE-p11 to 8.3 do I need to also update > > > installed packages? One more thing: by when has 8.3 release maintenance? > > > Maybe I'm blind but I haven't found the date on freebsd.org (http://freebsd.org) > > > > > > > > > When updating within a major release version such as 8.1 to 8.x the ABI is > > stable and remains the same so it is not necessary to update the third party > > packages/ports. > > > > > Note: this is _generally_ accurate. There are *rare* exceptions -- things > that have to be compiled against against the actual kernel in use, because > they go rummaging through kernel internal data structures. > > Historically, lsof wa one such program. > > Such programs tended to have *LOUD* caveats in the build documentation, > and run-time checks for kernel version consistency. > > In 30+ years as a sysadmin, I think I've only encoundered abouut _four_ > such programs. > > > , > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org (mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org)" > >
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