Today I'm going to have some time and will do the upgrade. Thanks for all of you for the support!
-- Laszlo Danielisz Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig) On 2012. September 15. at 23:32, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org > > (mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org) Sat Sep 15 11:58:42 2012 > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) > > From: Michael Powell <nightre...@hotmail.com > > (mailto:nightre...@hotmail.com)> > > Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:56:49 -0400 > > Subject: Re: 8.1 -> 8.3 > > > > Laszlo Danielisz wrote: > > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > > > If I want to upgrade from 8.1-RELEASE-p11 to 8.3 do I need to also update > > > installed packages? One more thing: by when has 8.3 release maintenance? > > > Maybe I'm blind but I haven't found the date on freebsd.org > > > (http://freebsd.org) > > > > > > > > > When updating within a major release version such as 8.1 to 8.x the ABI is > > stable and remains the same so it is not necessary to update the third > > party > > packages/ports. > > > > > Note: this is _generally_ accurate. There are *rare* exceptions -- things > that have to be compiled against against the actual kernel in use, because > they go rummaging through kernel internal data structures. > > Historically, lsof wa one such program. > > Such programs tended to have *LOUD* caveats in the build documentation, > and run-time checks for kernel version consistency. > > In 30+ years as a sysadmin, I think I've only encoundered abouut _four_ > such programs. > > > , > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org) mailing > list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org > (mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org)" > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"