Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:30:52 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0 release date and stability Message-ID: <20051021193052.GA13306@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20051021202127.30c0d3f3.dick@nagual.st> References: <200510152346.RAA20742@lariat.net> <disfuq$iag$1@sea.gmane.org> <20051016135752.6bcc6874.dick@nagual.st> <AB7EBC6B-6036-4CA9-918C-1FD553E019AD@khera.org> <20051019231046.1136a1ea.dick@nagual.st> <op.sywwy9cy8527sy@outgoing.local> <20051019225351.GA77421@xor.obsecurity.org> <20051021202127.30c0d3f3.dick@nagual.st>
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--XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 08:21:27PM +0200, dick hoogendijk wrote: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:53:51 -0400 > Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: >=20 > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 11:36:35PM +0200, Ronald Klop wrote: > > > COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is meant for running FreeBSD-5 binary applications. > > > If you have them it's ok. If you recompile everything you don't > > > need the COMPAT_FREEBSD5 stuff. If you don't have the source of > > > some of your FreeBSD-5 applications you have to run with > > > COMPAT_FREEBSD5. And the switch to 6 is easier because your > > > 5-applications keep running. > >=20 > > Yes. As long as you only use your old 5.x applications, you're fine > > with just the compat. The problem is when you start to link *new* 6.0 > > applications with *old* 5.x libraries (e.g. by installing a new port, > > e.g. a new X application, without rebuilding your 5.x X installation > > first). > > =20 > > Thus, unless you upgrade all your 5.x ports (well, actually "many", > > i.e. only those that provide libraries or shared object modules, but > > it's easier to just do "all") you'll end up with 6.0 binaries that are > > linked to e.g. two versions of libc at once (the 5.x libc and the 6.0 > > libc), which is a recipe for disaster. >=20 > I learn much from these kind of answers. Thanks Kris. > What I don't get is how I can /get rid/ of these old 4.x / 5.x > libraries on my "new" updated 6.0 system. >=20 > I guess teh way to go is: > cvsup to the latest 6.0 source; do the well-known buildworld thing; > rebuild the kernel without compat_freebsd4/5 option (???) and rebuild > every port with portupgrade -fa >=20 > But he old libraries are still on the system than, aren't they? > Or will they not be used and if not, why? Use libchk and pkg_which..see their manpages. Kris --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDWUHsWry0BWjoQKURAqyqAJ9W1RVI5+yKRL9ukOo984ZOHcJ+iwCeLAjZ lAJiYmwpXg9YnITzAnjhYds= =k4gR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l--
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