Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 16:13:31 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src UPDATING Message-ID: <20050408231330.GA63553@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200504082302.j38N2NlX085942@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200504082302.j38N2NlX085942@repoman.freebsd.org>
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--WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 11:02:23PM +0000, Warner Losh wrote: > | + (b) Old ports and packages can sometimes have subtle problems with > | + newer libraries. portupgrade is recommended where possible after > | + the upgrade. portupgrade -f, possibly with -P (use packages where possible) for efficiency. The main issue is if you have old (e.g. 4.x) packages installed on your 5.x system, and then later upgrade a port that provides a library used by the 4.x software, i.e. bring your system into a mix of 4.x software and 5.x libraries. The 4.x software may no longer work since the new library can depend on 5.x features and other 5.x libraries. > | + (c) Perl based ports may also have the wrong version of perl hard > | + coded into the headers. Spamassassin is one such port. This and other pitfalls are documented in /usr/ports/UPDATING, which should be cross-referenced here somewhere. Kris --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCVxAaWry0BWjoQKURAlZhAJ4luvuApwvcf7kXH9ssuS6jL/YSXwCgp2Na a1baNzLPAEq0GN3X0VqaJ9Y= =/i8i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu--
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