On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:32:42 -0500 (CDT), Robert Bonomi wrote: > > From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sat Sep 15 11:58:42 2012 > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > From: Michael Powell <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 > > > > > > > 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.
There may be one addition: Sometimes, programs originating from ports become part of the OS (the base system). If I remember correctly, that happened in the 7.x branch with xz (becoming /usr/bin/xz). In such cases, it's good to revier the related ports. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ 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"
