Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:06:01 +0200 From: Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com> To: George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 & recompile ports Message-ID: <4F100209.2010900@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BdUSyrV_j8GtxS4=yN-DsFCprQ7N%2BEmuRoraDwBLZN1EFFR9w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BdUSyrV_j8GtxS4=yN-DsFCprQ7N%2BEmuRoraDwBLZN1EFFR9w@mail.gmail.com>
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George Kontostanos wrote: > Greetings all and my apologies for cross posting! > > There seems to be a confusion regarding the ABI change in FreeBSD 9 > and if this affects the usual upgrade path which includes a full port > rebuild. > > The relevant post is here: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=28831 > > Frankly, I am also confused because I remember a relevant discussion a > few months ago in the lists. Traditionally a major RELEASE upgrade > requires a full ports rebuild, however this time there is no > COMPAT_FREEBSD8 in GENERIC and most upgraded systems seem to be > working fine. On the other hand this is stated in UPDATING: > > 20110828: > Bump the shared library version numbers for libraries that > do not use symbol versioning, have changed the ABI compared > to stable/8 and which shared library version was not bumped. > Done as part of 9.0-RELEASE cycle. > > Your input would be appreciated! Why can't it be that only shared libraries should be bumped, but no kernel incompatible changes were introduced? -- Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.
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