On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:52:00 -0400 Vivek Khera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 16, 2005, at 7:57 AM, dick hoogendijk wrote:
> > The *ONLY* question is: will I need to *recompile* all installed > > ports if I go from 5.4 to 6.0 release? > > No, the kernel has COMPAT_FREEBSD5 and COMPAT_FREEBSD4 by default, > so just keep those and your shared libs around and you're golden. > Of course, ports like lsof which dependon the kernel version will > have to be rebuilt, but that's true no matter the version change... I get contradicting advice. You tell me I'm golden 'cause of the compat_xx settings; others tell me it's way better to *recompile* all portsto get the cleanest system. Wat is the best way to get the cleanest FreeBSD-6.x system without installing from scratch? Recompile each port? Or use the COMPAT_FREEBSD5 layer? -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11-stable ++ FreeBSD 5.4 + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
