Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:37:57 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade -fa after system upgrade from 5.5 to 6.3 Message-ID: <44y78lkpne.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20080314185453.2758ed44@gumby.homeunix.com.> (RW's message of "Fri\, 14 Mar 2008 18\:54\:53 %2B0000") References: <8DF93739-474C-4206-BD82-370160CBC0A6@todoo.biz> <20080314185453.2758ed44@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> writes: > On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:59:30 +0100 > bsd <bsd@todoo.biz> wrote: > > >> Simply put, the question is: should I force recompile all my >> installed ports since I have updated my system? > > In the long term it's a good idea to do it, but there's no hurry > unless you see a specific library problem. You could just install > misc/compat5x, wait a bit and then do a portupgrade -f '<2008-03-14' > when most ports have been updated anyway. The problem with that advice is that it's extremely likely to result in some ports getting linked against some libraries from 5 and some from 6, which will probably result in them breaking. It's a much better idea to do everything at once in dependency order, before doing any other kind of port upgrades (or adding new ports, for that matter).
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