Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:11:39 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie questions about updating Message-ID: <20070907181139.69d2458a@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20070907161632.GC41464@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <adb998e60709062235y629b7eedjd9e00de98432c313@mail.gmail.com> <20070907161632.GC41464@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 12:16:32 -0400 Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote: > In general, the OS versions are managed so that anything that will > run in one version of a main branch will run in another. eg, if > it will run in 6.1, it should run in 6.2 and 6.3. But it may well > not work in 7.xx because os some non-compatible change introduced > in the new major branch level. Generally packages built on an older version of the OS will run on a newer version. When one upgrades to 7x there will be a compat6x port to supply the missing libraries. It's normally not essential to upgrade ports after an OS upgrade, but it is advisable on a major upgrade. Problems are more likely to occur the other way around, there are currently 6-stable packages the wont run on 6.2 because new libraries have been ported into 6-stable.
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