On Tuesday 04 September 2007 16:40:27 Dan Nelson wrote: > Also, packages from the -stable directory may have > different/conflicting dependencies compared to existing packages on > your system. Imagine installing 6.2 before the x.org-7 update, then > trying to "pkg_add -r" a package from the -stable directory that > depends on an xorg-7 feature. pkg_add just isn't smart enough to > realize that you really need to upgrade all of X, and will probably > fail the install at some point.
The same applies to a 6.2-STABLE before x.org-7 update, no difference there. It's not about port dependencies, it's about base-system dependencies. It doesn't happen often that within a minor release update a library gets a version bump, but binary incompatibilities may still occur. For -RELEASE you are expected to upgrade from source. Typical behavior being that ports only get upgraded when portaudit reports them unsafe. -- Mel People using reply to all on lists, must think I need 2 copies. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
