On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 14:25:18 +0200 Mel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 02 October 2007 22:53:20 RW wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 19:23:29 +0200 > > > > Daniel Tourde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am used to install FreeBSD applications by using the port > > > collection. I also update regularly (twice a month or something) > > > the apps, using 'portupgrade -a -N' on a refreshed port > > > collection. > > > > > > Here are my questions: > > > - How can I check that the apps that have been build with certain > > > libraries still work when some of the libs have been updated? > > > - Is it possible then to rebuild the selected set of apps that > > > have been 'corrupted' by the library upgrade (classicaly from > > > liba.1 to liba.2)? If yes, how? > > > > Generally this doesn't cause a problem as when portupgrade upgrades > > a library through a major revision, it puts a copy of the old > > library into a compatibility directory. > > True. /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg > > > Applications that depend on updated libraries get version-bumped > > when the library major version gets changed > > Not true. Only direct dependants get version bumped and not > consistently either.
It only matters where there is a direct library dependency. And even then it doesn't matter all that much because of the back-up libraries. If you follow the UPDATING instructions for when to do `portupgrade -fr' and keep you ports up to date, you shouldn't need to worry. Any residual paranoia beyond that is better satisfied by running portmanager in pristine mode IMO. > To recompile all dependants against the latest > version of a library, one has to find out which port the older > version in /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg belongs to and forcibly upgrade > all deps of that package, using `portupgrade -fr'. > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
