Thanks, I'll get right on it. Robert
On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 05:10:43PM -1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Aloha > > I have a quick question. I am going to upgrade > one of my systems from 5.2.1P9 to 5.3Beta7. > > I have cvsup'd the source and when checking > UPDATING I came across this: > > 20041001: > The following libraries had their version number bumped up: > /lib/libm.so.2 -> libm.so.3 > /lib/libreadline.so.4 -> libreadline.so.5 > /usr/lib/libhistory.so.4 -> libhistory.so.5 > /usr/lib/libopie.so.2 -> libopie.so.3 > /usr/lib/libpcap.so.2 -> libpcap.so.3 > FreeBSD 4.10 versions of these libraries will be added to the > compat4x collection. If you expect to be able to run old 4.X > executables you will need to remove the old versions of these > libraries. However note that any 5.X executables you have built > will stop working once you remove those old libraries. You should > have all your ports/packages rebuilt before removing the old > libraries. > > I had seen some discussion rearding this on the list and had > made a note in my head. > > Am I reading this correct that before I build/install world, > I should do a portupgrade -a ???
No, that won't affect things. After you installworld, you should add the libmap entries as above, and then at your later convenience you can portupgrade -af to rebuild all ports so you can remove the mapping. kris
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