Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:53:38 -0600 From: Brad Davis <so14k@so14k.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Gregor Mosheh <stigmata_blackangel@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: upgrade questions 4.10 -> 5-stable Message-ID: <200409201753.38308.so14k@so14k.com> In-Reply-To: <20040920211231.89904.qmail@web53808.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040920211231.89904.qmail@web53808.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Monday 20 September 2004 15:12, Gregor Mosheh wrote: > I thought I'd ask here... > > I'm currently running FreeBSD 4.10, and would like to > upgrade to a 5.x because of the superior jail support. > > Which version would you recommend for someone who's > really interested in jail support, but doesn't like to > live dangerously? Of my hardware, the only item of > note is that I use FreeBSD 4.10's ehci driver for USB > 2.0 devices. > > One of the notes in /usr/src/UPDATING was that GCC had > been upgraded from my current 2.95 to 3.4 and there > are known compatibility problems with the ABI (what's > an ABI? the .so's?) Will this upgrade force me to > recompile all of my existing C++ stuff, e.g. Postgres > and PostGIS, or will my existing binaries continue to > run? You should wait for 5.3-RELEASE. You will have to recompile every application you use. A doc on upgrading from 4.x to 5.x should be along when 5.3 is released. Regards, Brad -- Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers. -- Leonard Brandwein
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