Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:55:54 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com> Cc: Mario Lobo <mario.lobo@ipad.com.br>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About Freebsd 7.0 versus 6.3 Message-ID: <20071121185554.GA31814@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a0711211007u689c41beg8d9d2fe4fdb4f5ee@mail.gmail.com> References: <200711081455.39635.cesar@expresso.com.br> <bef9a7920711080928t76efabaaw4af6c85be7fb03a@mail.gmail.com> <200711081448.48390.mario.lobo@ipad.com.br> <20071108183239.GA65453@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <3aaaa3a0711211007u689c41beg8d9d2fe4fdb4f5ee@mail.gmail.com>
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--1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 06:07:32PM +0000, Chris wrote: > Interesting so I learnt 2 things here csup exists so no need to > install cvsup and I should run 'make delete-old-libs' . Basically I > have done the following. Well, you don't _have_ to (nobody is forcing you to do it). But if you don't, old stuff piles up in your system. =20 > 1 - upgraded world and kernel, mergemaster etc. > 2 - reinstalled all ports portupgrade -af > 3 - installed compat6x >=20 > I have not ran 'make delete-old-libs' It doesn't run automatically, AFAIK. But maybe installing the compat6x package had some effect? (I never bother to use compat packages). > I thought the old libs were removed because after I booted up into the > 7.0 world alot of ports didnt work as libs they linked to were missing > so had to be recompiled anyway to even run. My experience is that port upgrade tools cannot do everything. A major upgrade is a good time to scrub your ports as well, again to get rid of old stuff. > Do I run 'make delete-old-libs' in /usr/src ? Yes. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHRH86EnfvsMMhpyURAr0OAJ47aZPt6YdecYSLto1hxPEJy7woZwCghW+K RAx99FQKvjgbVrq/5QaPihg= =rY/7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7--
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