Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:55:19 +0100 From: "Johan Hendriks" <Johan@double-l.nl> To: "Johan Hendriks" <Johan@double-l.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: upgrade 7.0 -> 7.1 : portupgrade -af required? Message-ID: <57200BF94E69E54880C9BB1AF714BBCB5DE43D@w2003s01.double-l.local> References: <1232032068.5374.74.camel@frosh> <28283d910901150746u78cb20adu250109e63d2a7c3@mail.gmail.com>
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-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org = [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] Namens matt donovan Verzonden: donderdag 15 januari 2009 16:47 Aan: Olivier Mueller CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Onderwerp: Re: upgrade 7.0 -> 7.1 : portupgrade -af required? On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Olivier Mueller = <om-lists-bsd@omx.ch>wrote: > Hello, > > After an upgrade from FreeBSD 7.0 to 7.1 (with freebsd-update in my > case), is it required to recompile all ports (portupgrade -af) like > specified in some docs/blog-entries, or is it not *really* necessary? > What are you doing on your production systems? Having to upgrade > several servers (>15), it's quite important for me to estimate the = time > required for the operation... > > I did the upgrade on a test server here, and all ports still seems to > work (apache, php, mysql, etc.) so I guess the answer is no, but I'd > like to be sure before upgrading some important servers :-) > > According to: > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.1R/announce.html > "Users of earlier FreeBSD releases (FreeBSD 6.x) can also use > freebsd-update to upgrade to FreeBSD 7.1, but will be prompted to > rebuild all third-party applications (e.g., anything installed from = the > ports tree) after the second invocation of "freebsd-update install", = in > order to handle differences in the system libraries between FreeBSD = 6.x > and FreeBSD 7.x." > > It would be necessary only for major upgrades (6.x -> 7.x). Right? > > thanks & regards, > Olivier > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Only tiem to rebuild ports really is for a major version change say 6. = -> 7.x but for a minor version change you do not have to rebuild _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com=20 Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.7/1895 - Release Date: = 15-1-2009 7:46 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com=20 Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.7/1895 - Release Date: = 15-1-2009 7:46
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