Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:34:58 +0100 From: Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks@gmail.com> To: George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 & recompile ports Message-ID: <4F1024F2.20103@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BdUSyrFVn0skisgeJ1pYjHN3wCXC2tqDPoMoqWNqkjAk8DVmA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BdUSyrV_j8GtxS4=yN-DsFCprQ7N%2BEmuRoraDwBLZN1EFFR9w@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BdUSyqZVVyVkVWTPJXJe921NcZ3RaEN9QojH55NhRNP8xDinA@mail.gmail.com> <4F10009A.7000307@FreeBSD.org> <4F100D9E.80807@FreeBSD.org> <CA%2BdUSyrFVn0skisgeJ1pYjHN3wCXC2tqDPoMoqWNqkjAk8DVmA@mail.gmail.com>
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George Kontostanos schreef: > 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=28831 >>>>> >>>>> 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: >>>>> Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries that >>>>> do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI compared >>>>> to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bumped. >>>>> Done 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_FREEBSD8 >> 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. > > Did he do make delete-old-libs, if you leave them, then no recompile is needed, and the ports still have there old libs laying around.! If you do the make delete-old-libs command, your ports do not work anymore. regards Johan Hendriks
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