Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 21:38:59 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Will 10.3 clobber my ports area? Message-ID: <CAN6yY1sb5vhOT2RpCs1H2C4_V4ymGayS4FqWXGp%2Bsc9OMAvAHQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1610041324000.41469@aneurin.horsfall.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1610041324000.41469@aneurin.horsfall.org>
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On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> wrote: > Assuming the binary upgrade from 9.3 to 10.3 is "clean" i.e. it won't > clobber any of my local stuff (this is my only FreeBSD server), what will > happen to the ports area? Left alone, saved, or overwritten with/without > any local chnages? > > -- > Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will > suffer." > The ports will not be touched, but some will not run on 10.3 because of ABI changes in some shareable libraries. Most of the base system uses versioned symbols, so will work fine, but some, usually contributed code, don't. Ports that use them will need to be re-installed/rebuilt. It is recommended that, when moving between major versions, all ports be re-installed, but most won't need it. The tricky part is finding those that need rebuilding. While mixing ports and packages is nto generally recommended, I would upgrade all ports that have default configurations be re-installed from packages. Those that have custom configurations will, of course need to be re-built. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683
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