Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:56:57 +0200 From: George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 & recompile ports Message-ID: <CA%2BdUSyrFVn0skisgeJ1pYjHN3wCXC2tqDPoMoqWNqkjAk8DVmA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F100D9E.80807@FreeBSD.org> References: <CA%2BdUSyrV_j8GtxS4=yN-DsFCprQ7N%2BEmuRoraDwBLZN1EFFR9w@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BdUSyqZVVyVkVWTPJXJe921NcZ3RaEN9QojH55NhRNP8xDinA@mail.gmail.com> <4F10009A.7000307@FreeBSD.org> <4F100D9E.80807@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> wrote: > on 13/01/2012 11:59 Doug Barton said the following: >> On 01/13/2012 01:52, George Kontostanos wrote: >>> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:42 PM, George Kontostanos >>> <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Greetings all and my apologies for cross posting! >>>> >>>> There seems to be a confusion regarding the ABI change in FreeBSD 9 >>>> and if this affects the usual upgrade path which includes a full port >>>> rebuild. >>>> >>>> The relevant post is here: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t= =3D28831 >>>> >>>> Frankly, I am also confused because I remember a relevant discussion a >>>> few months ago in the lists. Traditionally a major RELEASE upgrade >>>> requires a full ports rebuild, however this time there is no >>>> COMPAT_FREEBSD8 in GENERIC and most upgraded systems seem to be >>>> working fine. On the other hand this is stated in UPDATING: >>>> >>>> 20110828: >>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries t= hat >>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI comp= ared >>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bu= mped. >>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle. >>>> >>>> Your input would be appreciated! >> >>> Hmm, anyone :) ? >> >> If your question is, "Do I need to rebuild my ports when doing a major >> OS version upgrade?" the answer is always "Yes." >> >> The method described at the end of the portmaster man page is preferred, >> whether you actually use portmaster to do the upgrade or not. (I.e., >> good backups, delete everything, start over from scratch.) > > I think that another part of the question was "why there is no COMPAT_FRE= EBSD8 > kernel option in 9?" and I think that Volodymyr has tried to answer this = part > with another question. > > -- > Andriy Gapon Hi guys, I am aware of the proper procedure which requires a full rebuild after a major upgrade. Doug, the question had to to with COMPAT_FREEBSD8 missing from GENERIC. It seems this and the fact that some upgrades from 8.2-STABLE worked fine without a recompile, has created the confusion. --=20 George Kontostanos Aicom telecoms ltd http://www.aisecure.net
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