On 16 Oct Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> On Sunday, 16. October 2005 18:34, Ronald Klop wrote:
>
> > There are a couple of options:
> > 1. Do not remove old (5.4) libraries. All 5.4 libs
wil still be found.
> > 2. Remove old libraries and install
ports/misc/compat5x. All 5.4 lib wil
> > still be found.
> 1. and 2. are not an option if you plan on eventually
compiling new
> ports after the upgrade - you will most certainly get
mixed linkage,
> which will result in runtime errors.
>
> Compat5x should only be used for leaf-ports (i.e,
applications and
> libraries which aren't linked to anything else) - for
example software
> that is distributed as dynamically linked binaries
only.
>
> Option 4 is certainly the safest thing to do (and you
could just upgrade from
> binary packages instead of recompiling).
OK, you're right. Portupgrade -afPP should do the trick.
One question after reading the answers: how do I get rid of
the *old*
5.4-libraries? Since they are kind of a threat to the new
6.0 system.
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