Re: Upgrading to stable, does it mean I have to reinstall ports packages?

[Nick Holland <nick@holland-consulting.net>]

T. wrote:
> Hello
> 
> You state in the FAQ that OpenBSD has three active versions and each
> one requires its own ports tree.

or "you should keep your trees (src, XF4, ports) sync'd".

> This should the mean that I have to reinstall all of my release
> version ports packages if upgrading to stable.
> 
> But when I look at the stable packages page
> (http://www.openbsd.org/pkg-stable.html) it does not offer any
> recompilations of all ports packages just the ones that need fixing.
> So my take is then that I shouldn't need to upgrade my ports packages
> when going to stable if they are not listed at the stable packages
> page.
> 
> I hope this is true, but I am not sure.

Going from x.y-release to x.y-stable does not change any of the APIs or
functionality of the system (at least, normally. I'll leave my self an
escape clause in case something really bizzare happens someday).

SO, the issues about why we must normally keep everything in sync don't
really exist -- the pkg format doesn't change, the binary compatability
doesn't change, etc.

In short: you are correct.

Nick.
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