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authorRong-En Fan <rafan@FreeBSD.org>2007-08-25 16:28:16 +0000
committerRong-En Fan <rafan@FreeBSD.org>2007-08-25 16:28:16 +0000
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@@ -10,74 +10,74 @@ upgrades.
AFFECTS: users of net-im/pidgin
AUTHOR: marcus@FreeBSD.org
-Because sound support was added to finch 2.1.1, the sound files used by
-pidgin have been moved from the pidgin port to the libpurple port. This
-makes updating a bit tricky. To properly update to pidgin 2.1.1 and retain
-sounds, you must first upgrade libpurple and pidgin as you normally would,
-then force a rebuild of libpurple. For example, using portupgrade:
+ Because sound support was added to finch 2.1.1, the sound files used by
+ pidgin have been moved from the pidgin port to the libpurple port. This
+ makes updating a bit tricky. To properly update to pidgin 2.1.1 and retain
+ sounds, you must first upgrade libpurple and pidgin as you normally would,
+ then force a rebuild of libpurple. For example, using portupgrade:
- # portupgrade net-im/libpurple net-im/pidgin
- # portupgrade -f net-im/libpurple
+ # portupgrade net-im/libpurple net-im/pidgin
+ # portupgrade -f net-im/libpurple
20070804:
AFFECTS: users of DESTDIR
AUTHOR: gabor@FreeBSD.org
-DESTDIR is a feature, that allows installation of ports into separate
-environments, like jails. The previous implementation, introduced in the
-August 2006, had some problems and was very expensive to maintain. It was
-completely rolled back, and replaced with a brand new implementation utilizing
-chroot.
+ DESTDIR is a feature, that allows installation of ports into separate
+ environments, like jails. The previous implementation, introduced in the
+ August 2006, had some problems and was very expensive to maintain. It was
+ completely rolled back, and replaced with a brand new implementation utilizing
+ chroot.
-When DESTDIR is set, the system will chroot into the specified directory, mount
-devfs, null mount the ports tree, then proceed with building and installing.
-Your kernel must support nullfs (is available as loadable kernel module on
-default installation). The target environment must be a full FreeBSD
-installation. For advanced use, read comments at the beginning of
-bsd.destdir.mk.
+ When DESTDIR is set, the system will chroot into the specified directory, mount
+ devfs, null mount the ports tree, then proceed with building and installing.
+ Your kernel must support nullfs (is available as loadable kernel module on
+ default installation). The target environment must be a full FreeBSD
+ installation. For advanced use, read comments at the beginning of
+ bsd.destdir.mk.
20070730:
AFFECTS: users of py-*
AUTHOR: python@FreeBSD.org
-The default version of Python has been changed from 2.4.x to 2.5.x.
-If you have 2.4.x installed, perform an upgrade of lang/python24 to
-lang/python25 with a command like:
+ The default version of Python has been changed from 2.4.x to 2.5.x.
+ If you have 2.4.x installed, perform an upgrade of lang/python24 to
+ lang/python25 with a command like:
- # portupgrade -o lang/python25 lang/python24
+ # portupgrade -o lang/python25 lang/python24
-If want to keep 2.4.x installed alongside 2.5.x, set the PYTHON_DEFAULT_VERSION
-variable to 'python2.5' without quotes in make.conf, then go to lang/python and
-execute
+ If want to keep 2.4.x installed alongside 2.5.x, set the PYTHON_DEFAULT_VERSION
+ variable to 'python2.5' without quotes in make.conf, then go to lang/python and
+ execute
- # portupgrade -R python
+ # portupgrade -R python
-Once the installed Python has been updated to 2.5, by using one of the methods
-above, it is required to run the upgrade-site-packages target in lang/python to
-assure that site-packages are made available to the new Python version.
+ Once the installed Python has been updated to 2.5, by using one of the methods
+ above, it is required to run the upgrade-site-packages target in lang/python to
+ assure that site-packages are made available to the new Python version.
- # cd /usr/ports/lang/python && make upgrade-site-packages
+ # cd /usr/ports/lang/python && make upgrade-site-packages
-This Makefile target requires ports-mgmt/portupgrade to be installed.
+ This Makefile target requires ports-mgmt/portupgrade to be installed.
20070727:
AFFECTS: autotools
AUTHOR: ade@FreeBSD.org
-Extensive reworking of the autotools ports has occurred, putting them in
-the canonical locations, along with a suitable wrapper port to make
-developing autotools-using code (as opposed to just building ports)
-considerably easier.
+ Extensive reworking of the autotools ports has occurred, putting them in
+ the canonical locations, along with a suitable wrapper port to make
+ developing autotools-using code (as opposed to just building ports)
+ considerably easier.
-Upgrade path is as follows for portupgrade, substitute the appropriate
-commands if you are using portmaster:
+ Upgrade path is as follows for portupgrade, substitute the appropriate
+ commands if you are using portmaster:
- 1. portupgrade -f 'autoconf*' 'automake*'
- 2. cd /usr/ports/devel/autotools; make install
- 3. portupgrade -a
+ 1. portupgrade -f 'autoconf*' 'automake*'
+ 2. cd /usr/ports/devel/autotools; make install
+ 3. portupgrade -a
-The second step is optional, but is recommended to bring in all versions
-of autoconf and automake.
+ The second step is optional, but is recommended to bring in all versions
+ of autoconf and automake.
20070723:
AFFECTS: users of x11/nvidia-driver and slave ports