On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:10:46 +0200, dick hoogendijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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?
You are answering your own question I think.
Does the term COMPAT_FREEBSD5 sound as the 'cleanest FreeBSD-6.x'? No. You
get the cleanest system by recompiling all ports. (portupgrade -fa is your
friend here.)
COMPAT_FREEBSD5 is meant for running FreeBSD-5 binary applications. If you
have them it's ok. If you recompile everything you don't need the
COMPAT_FREEBSD5 stuff. If you don't have the source of some of your
FreeBSD-5 applications you have to run with COMPAT_FREEBSD5.
And the switch to 6 is easier because your 5-applications keep running.
Ronald.
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Ronald Klop
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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