Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 22:25:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Robert Myers <ccrider@whiterose.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.2R to 4.3R upgrade Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1010430221944.34240B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010430133058.C30680@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Kris Kennaway wrote: > 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 > > 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. 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. TIA... -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <-> ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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