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Date:      Tue, 1 May 2001 01:26:12 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Robert Myers <ccrider@whiterose.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 4.2R to 4.3R upgrade
Message-ID:  <20010501012612.B99418@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1010430221944.34240B-100000@localhost>; from chris@monochrome.org on Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:25:23PM -0400
References:  <20010430133058.C30680@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.1010430221944.34240B-100000@localhost>

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On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:25:23PM -0400, Chris Hill wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>=20
> > On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:02:30PM -0400, Robert Myers wrote:
> > > I have a few concerns/questions about upgrading from 4.2R to 4.3R
> [snip]
> > > 4.  Does make world touch anything in /usr/local/*, i.e. any packages=
 that
> > > aren't  will still be the same as when I installed them from 4.2R
> >=20
> > It doesn't touch anything there; most ports should be fine, except for
> > things like lsof which have their fingers in the kernel and generally
> > need to be recompiled each time you update.
>=20
> Is there a list somewhere of exactly which ports/packages this applies
> to? Which ones "have their fingers in the kernel" and how would I know
> that? Do I just wait until something chokes when I try to use it? FWIW,
> my perspective is that of a home user who does something else for a
> living.=20

Unfortunately not.

Kris

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