On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Warren Block <wblock_at_wonkity.com> wrote: > On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: > >>> More concerns and questions onthe new bsdinstall: >>> >>> There is no upgrade function. How will a user be able to upgrade to >>> BETA3 (or RC1?) without wiping out BETA2 installation? >>> >>> For instance, user might have built many software applications from ports >>> and not want to rebuild everything. >>> >> >> I have the same doubt/question. If I update the system via the ports, >> do I have BETA3/RC1? or do I have to run >> # freebsd-update >> >> to get the current release? > > The operating system is separate from ports. Source upgrades or > freebsd-update are used to upgrade FreeBSD, while portsnap and > portmaster/portupgrade are used to update ports. > >> Also, like is suggested, if I update by any means, I will probably >> have to delete && reinstall everything in the ports. Is there a way >> not to do this? > > Ports built for 9.x normally do not need to be rebuilt to continue to run on > 9.x+1. The ABI is "stable" (unchanging). But things can change (and have to me on occasion). If you're absolutely certain that the ABI/KBI isn't changing, then the assumption is true, but there are some times that ABI/KBI can change at a later date if you update from RELEASE to STABLE. HTH, -GarrettReceived on Sun Sep 25 2011 - 16:15:13 UTC
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