Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 20:45:34 +0200 From: Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 6.0 release date and stability Message-ID: <20051016184534.GB51424@lothlorien.nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <200510162020.21353.lofi@freebsd.org> References: <200510152346.RAA20742@lariat.net> <20051016135752.6bcc6874.dick@nagual.st> <op.syqyzpxu8527sy@outgoing.local> <200510162020.21353.lofi@freebsd.org>
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On 16 Oct Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Sunday, 16. October 2005 18:34, Ronald Klop wrote: > > > There are a couple of options: > > 1. Do not remove old (5.4) libraries. All 5.4 libs wil still be found. > > 2. Remove old libraries and install ports/misc/compat5x. All 5.4 lib wil > > still be found. > 1. and 2. are not an option if you plan on eventually compiling new > ports after the upgrade - you will most certainly get mixed linkage, > which will result in runtime errors. > > Compat5x should only be used for leaf-ports (i.e, applications and > libraries which aren't linked to anything else) - for example software > that is distributed as dynamically linked binaries only. > > Option 4 is certainly the safest thing to do (and you could just upgrade from > binary packages instead of recompiling). OK, you're right. Portupgrade -afPP should do the trick. One question after reading the answers: how do I get rid of the *old* 5.4-libraries? Since they are kind of a threat to the new 6.0 system. -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11-stable ++ FreeBSD 5.4 + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja
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