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@@ -6,6 +6,32 @@ You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20041001: + AFFECTS: users of ports that require several base system libraries who + are running FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7 or later (including -current) + AUTHOR: kensmith@freebsd.org + + As part of the FreeBSD-5.3 release the following system libraries + had their version number incremented: + + /lib/libm.so.2 -> libm.so.3 + /lib/libreadline.so.4 -> libreadline.so.5 + /usr/lib/libhistory.so.4 -> libhistory.so.5 + /usr/lib/libopie.so.2 -> libopie.so.3 + /usr/lib/libpcap.so.2 -> libpcap.so.3 + + This should have no effect unless you are using FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7 or + higher, or if you are a -current user who upgraded after this date. + Assuming you did a from-source upgrade new versions of these libraries + will be created but the old versions will be left behind (for example + /lib/libm.so.2 will be the old one, /lib/libm.so.3 will be the new one). + Any ports or pre-built packages you have currently installed will + continue to use the old library, any ports you install after the upgrade + will begin to use the new library. You will need to have all your + ports recompiled before the old library goes away. To help with the + migration you could also use /etc/libmap.conf to map libm.so.2 to + libm.so.3. + 20040903: AFFECTS: users of net/kdenetwork3 AUTHOR: kde@freebsd.org |