On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 12:46:33AM +0900, Choy Kho Yee wrote: > On 2004/10/07, at 0:11, Alex de Kruijff wrote: > > >On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 11:57:19PM +0900, Choy Kho Yee wrote: > >>I have just upgraded FreeBSD 5.3BETA6 to BETA7. > >>According to /usr/src/UPDATING, some of the system > >>libraries have been upgraded, and we should rebuild > >>all ports if we want to use the new libraries. So, > >> > >> 1. should I rebuild all ports? (I think it should take one > >> whole day...) > > > >I don't know. Does the apps work? > > Yes, I think they do work. According to my understanding, > the apps compiled before the updates are using the old > libraries, and the apps compiled after the update should utilize > the new libraries. As long as I don't remove the old libraries, > all apps should work fine. I was just curious to know whether > I should recompile all apps so that they may work better by > using the new libraries. Or will they? :)
That is posible, but it doesn't have to. You can remove the old lib afther with the worry that some apps suddenly don't work anymore. -- Alex Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. WWW: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/FreeBSD/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
