Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:27:47 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: peter.piggybox@virgin.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating 7.0-BETA2 to RC1... Message-ID: <20080108082747.GA91857@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <476977050044A7FE@n064.sc1.he.tucows.com> References: <476977050044A7FE@n064.sc1.he.tucows.com>
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On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 07:19:00AM +0000, peter.piggybox@virgin.net wrote:
> I'm shortly going to update my laptop from 7.0-BETA2 (a fresh install) to 7.0-RC1. I'll do this with a buildworld/installworld cycle. However, reading the site for freebsd-update I noticed that if I were to do a binary upgrade then it recommends rebuilding all ports as well.
>
> Is rebuilding all ports something I should consider if I'm doing a source-based upgrade too? Even though I'm not crossing a major version boundary?
Yes. There was an API change in the system-base, which requires a
ports-rebuild just to be safe.
Cheers.
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Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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