Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:01:39 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Peter Steele <psteele@maxiscale.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ELF library not found error Message-ID: <20091118180139.GA45385@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33A5FB64@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> References: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33A5FA10@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33A5FA34@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33A5FA3E@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <200911180833.33918.npapke@acm.org> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33A5FB64@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com>
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On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:49:47AM -0600, Peter Steele wrote: > >Presumably (and I am speculating), the 8.0 packages are not yet finalized and therefore inconsistent. Perhaps you will have better luck after the official 8.0 Release? > > I was thinking the same thing--too much version mismatching going on. I'm going to take your suggestion though and compile all of the ports we want to use, and then convert them back into packages. I tried that with one port that was failing and this solved the problem. > When you do a major upgrade (ie: 6 to 7, or 7 to 8), one of the final steps recommended is to recompile all ports. The compatX packages are a stop gap until your transition is complete, and can/should be removed once all your ports have been updated. If you choose not to recompile/refectch all your ports, you are faced with the possibility of library and port dependancy breakages as each installed port updates to newer and possibly incompatible versions. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad." - Bob Edwards
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