From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 8 04:35:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A91A016A4CE for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 04:35:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-03-eri0.socal.rr.com (ms-smtp-03-qfe0.socal.rr.com [66.75.162.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C13C43D1D for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 04:35:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com) Received: from ms-mss-01 ([10.10.4.10])i984ZGuY009886 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 21:35:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from socal.rr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ms-mss-01.socal.rr.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I5900DJK0QS7I@ms-mss-01.socal.rr.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2004 21:35:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.10.6.205] (Forwarded-For: [66.8.190.99]) by ms-mss-01.socal.rr.com (mshttpd); Thu, 07 Oct 2004 18:35:16 -1000 Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 18:35:16 -1000 From: hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com To: Kris Kennaway Message-id: <42121042660b.42660b421210@socal.rr.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003) Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Boundary_(ID_kVuoJDniV/wJlGMJQZccdg)" Content-language: en X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moving from 5.2.1 to 5.3Beta? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 04:35:19 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_kVuoJDniV/wJlGMJQZccdg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Thanks, I'll get right on it. Robert --Boundary_(ID_kVuoJDniV/wJlGMJQZccdg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 05:10:43PM -1000, hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com wrote: > Aloha > > I have a quick question. I am going to upgrade > one of my systems from 5.2.1P9 to 5.3Beta7. > > I have cvsup'd the source and when checking > UPDATING I came across this: > > 20041001: > The following libraries had their version number bumped up: > /lib/libm.so.2 -> libm.so.3 > /lib/libreadline.so.4 -> libreadline.so.5 > /usr/lib/libhistory.so.4 -> libhistory.so.5 > /usr/lib/libopie.so.2 -> libopie.so.3 > /usr/lib/libpcap.so.2 -> libpcap.so.3 > FreeBSD 4.10 versions of these libraries will be added to the > compat4x collection. If you expect to be able to run old 4.X > executables you will need to remove the old versions of these > libraries. However note that any 5.X executables you have built > will stop working once you remove those old libraries. You should > have all your ports/packages rebuilt before removing the old > libraries. > > I had seen some discussion rearding this on the list and had > made a note in my head. > > Am I reading this correct that before I build/install world, > I should do a portupgrade -a ??? No, that won't affect things. After you installworld, you should add the libmap entries as above, and then at your later convenience you can portupgrade -af to rebuild all ports so you can remove the mapping. kris --Boundary_(ID_kVuoJDniV/wJlGMJQZccdg)--