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Date:      24 Sep 2002 19:21:46 -0500
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADSUP:  gzip packages on FreeBSD 4-STABLE
Message-ID:  <87znu66hr9.fsf@pooh.int>
In-Reply-To: <F113HOzyfyz5b6KZmcK0000003f@hotmail.com>
References:  <F113HOzyfyz5b6KZmcK0000003f@hotmail.com>

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At 2002-09-25T00:05:47Z, "John Daniels" <jmd526@hotmail.com> writes:

> In essence, 1) there is no backward compatibility, right? so 2) will it be
> possible to 'upgrade' an older FreeBSD version to bzip2 without upgrading
> the system as a whole?

If I'm not mistaken, aren't packages the result of ports that have been
compiled?  Would it be difficult to upgrade those old machines with ports
instead of packages from now on?
-- 
Kirk Strauser
In Googlis non est, ergo non est.

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