On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:18:51 +0100 Alex Dupre wrote:
> For simple ports it may works correctly, but for others it could > happen that finally both revisions are linked into a library or > executable (because one !recompiled dependency depends on the old > version and another recompiled dependency depends on the new version) > and this is not good. So the correct thing is to always recompile > ports to get the new version, the 'keep old libs' flags should be > used with caution (this is why I prefer it to be opt-in and not > opt-out). The main reason for keeping the libraries is that it reduces the number of breakages during the upgrade process, which can be a very serious inconvenience, particularly if the forced update fails to complete. In my experience the problem you describe is much less significant. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
