Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:19:21 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to amd64 requires recompilation of ports? Message-ID: <20070616201921.GA29173@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <f50dkg$m71$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <6f50eac40706151829g64b8a8abg798f97449c05888f@mail.gmail.com> <f4veun$kq4$2@sea.gmane.org> <20070616030328.GA17075@rot13.obsecurity.org> <f50dkg$m71$1@sea.gmane.org>
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On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 12:21:42PM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 03:38:29AM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote: > >> Indigo 23 wrote: > >> > >>> the ports? (I already know that it does require a recompilation of > >>> world and the kernel). > >> AFAIK nobody has succeeded in this (i.e. upgrading i386 to amd64 via > >> buildkernel/world) on-line far enough to tell the tale. You might be the > >> first :) > > > > Nah, I've done it several times. > > That's good news. Are there any particular problems in the process or > does it "just work"? I may have had to use the statically linked /rescue to do some things, I don't remember. It's not completely trivial, but someone who knows their way around a FreeBSD system can do it. Kris
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