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Date:      Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:04:28 -0800
From:      Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freebsd-update - 10.0 to 10.1
Message-ID:  <877fytwyg3.fsf@elk.localnet>
In-Reply-To: <201411171626.05487.mark.tinka@seacom.mu> (Mark Tinka's message of "Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:26:05 %2B0200")
References:  <201411170840.06373.mark.tinka@seacom.mu> <201411171550.10873.mark.tinka@seacom.mu> <001301d0026f$878bdce0$96a396a0$@seibercom.net> <201411171626.05487.mark.tinka@seacom.mu>

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Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.mu> writes:

> On Monday, November 17, 2014 04:05:22 PM Jerry wrote:
>
>> I received the same message. I decided to go ahead and do
>> a complete rebuild of the ports. The message also stated
>> that I should run "freebsd-update install" after
>> rebuilding the ports. I assume I do that before
>> rebooting the machine. Is that correct? I am also
>> assuming that I should rebuild the ports BEFORE
>> rebooting. I hope so. Because that is what I am doing
>> and there was no message that stated I should reboot
>> first.
>
> When upgrading between major versions, yes, you certainly 
> need to rebuild all userland ports before doing the second 
> reboot, otherwise all hell will break loose when libraries 
> for the major version are incompatibile with userland ports 
> built with a library from a previous major version.
>
> My issue is I've never had to do this when upgrading minor 
> revisions within the same release train.
>
> So I'll go ahead and ignore the message and let you all know 
> what happens.

I ignored the message and I haven't seen any problems yet.
-- 
Carl Johnson		carlj@peak.org



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