From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 3 12:49:46 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 9B39816A418 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:49:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+O5=ed7aedab@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-03.mxes.net (mxout-03.mxes.net [216.86.168.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 863FE13C469 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:49:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+O5=ed7aedab@mlists.homeunix.com) 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 D96255190F for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 08:49:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:49:41 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071003134941.57147100@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <200710031425.20972.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> References: <200710021923.29750.daniel.tourde@spray.se> <20071002215320.13360851@gumby.homeunix.com.> <200710031425.20972.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> 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 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: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:49:46 -0000 On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 14:25:18 +0200 Mel wrote: > On Tuesday 02 October 2007 22:53:20 RW wrote: > > 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. > > True. /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg > > > Applications that depend on updated libraries get version-bumped > > when the library major version gets changed > > Not true. Only direct dependants get version bumped and not > consistently either. It only matters where there is a direct library dependency. And even then it doesn't matter all that much because of the back-up libraries. If you follow the UPDATING instructions for when to do `portupgrade -fr' and keep you ports up to date, you shouldn't need to worry. Any residual paranoia beyond that is better satisfied by running portmanager in pristine mode IMO. > To recompile all dependants against the latest > version of a library, one has to find out which port the older > version in /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg belongs to and forcibly upgrade > all deps of that package, using `portupgrade -fr'. >