Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:10:46 +0200 From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0 release date and stability Message-ID: <20051019231046.1136a1ea.dick@nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <AB7EBC6B-6036-4CA9-918C-1FD553E019AD@khera.org> References: <200510152346.RAA20742@lariat.net> <disfuq$iag$1@sea.gmane.org> <20051016135752.6bcc6874.dick@nagual.st> <AB7EBC6B-6036-4CA9-918C-1FD553E019AD@khera.org>
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:52:00 -0400 Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> wrote: > On Oct 16, 2005, at 7:57 AM, dick hoogendijk wrote: > > The *ONLY* question is: will I need to *recompile* all installed > > ports if I go from 5.4 to 6.0 release? > > No, the kernel has COMPAT_FREEBSD5 and COMPAT_FREEBSD4 by default, > so just keep those and your shared libs around and you're golden. > Of course, ports like lsof which dependon the kernel version will > have to be rebuilt, but that's true no matter the version change... I get contradicting advice. You tell me I'm golden 'cause of the compat_xx settings; others tell me it's way better to *recompile* all portsto get the cleanest system. Wat is the best way to get the cleanest FreeBSD-6.x system without installing from scratch? Recompile each port? Or use the COMPAT_FREEBSD5 layer? -- 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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