Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 16:35:15 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Feedback and Questions Updating to CURRENT Message-ID: <4A0764B3.1070407@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <E1M3GfE-0007Ld-9B@jdl.com> References: <E1M3GfE-0007Ld-9B@jdl.com>
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Jon Loeliger wrote: > > So, I wonder if X was hosed and also needed to be updated, etc. > In fact, shouldn't I have to re-install a bunch of ports now? > Shouldn't a pointer a the end of Chapter 24 suggest going and > redoing some packages or ports? In theory, your old software should run fine, even with a new world and kernel, although a few things may need slight reconfiguration due to changed device/driver names, etc. But it does probably make sense to update everything. /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade is your friend here: $ portupgrade -af --batch shouldn't take more than a day or two, depending on what you have installed. Caveat: If you update anything, you'll probably have to update everything. Otherwise, you'll end up with some things linked against old libc and others linked against new libc, which breaks badly. Tim
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