Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:26:21 +0200 From: Thomas Backman <serenity@exscape.org> To: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> Cc: FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: Shared Library Versions bumped... Message-ID: <58F0204B-ECE6-479A-AAC2-7868E71ABB43@exscape.org> In-Reply-To: <1248027417.14210.110.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> References: <1248027417.14210.110.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu>
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On Jul 19, 2009, at 20:16, Ken Smith wrote: > The problem is that as of the next time you update a machine that had > been running -current you are best off reinstalling all ports or other > applications you have on the machine. When you reboot after doing the > update to the base system everything you have installed will still > work > because the old shared library versions will still be there. However > anything you build on the machine after its base system gets updated > would be linked against the newer base system shared libraries but any > libraries that are part of ports or other applications (e.g. the Xorg > libraries) would have been linked against the older library versions. > You really don't want to leave things that way. So, to be clear: a fresh ports tree and "portupgrade -af" after building and installing r195767+ should be enough to solve any problems? (installkernel, installworld, reboot, portupgrade -af) Regards, Thomas
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