On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:57:32 +0100 Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bakul Shah wrote: > > On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:54:55 +0100 Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> portupgrade -faP requests to reinstall everything from precompiled > >> packages. It will only fall back to compiling them locally if the > >> package is unavailable (e.g. for legal reasons). > >> > >> Second, the reason for this requirement is explained in the > >> announcement. In fact, it has *always* been required to recompile ports > >> when moving to a new major release of FreeBSD, for guaranteed correct > >> operation when some of the ports are updated later on. > > > > Er... Can't one run old binaries after installing one or more > > of usr/ports/misc/compat-[3456]x -- that has not changed, has > > it? > > No, it has not.
Excellent! I was getting worried a bit :-) > As I've tried to explain, the difficulty is when you start recompiling > parts of them, e.g. a shared library used by other ports. Understood. Hmm... If prior to any recompile such a shared lib was copied to a compat dir (based on the most recent shared lib *it* depends on), programs relying on it would continue working. Thanks for the explanation. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
