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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!agate!tfs.com!mailhub.tfs.com!julian From: julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Upgrading from 2.0.5 to 2.1.0 Date: 21 Nov 1995 02:52:04 GMT Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA Lines: 35 Message-ID: <48resk$k9d@times.tfs.com> References: <48j53g$b47@homer.alpha.net> <48q0tt$dpp@dali.cs.uni-magdeburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: mailhub.tfs.com In article <48q0tt$dpp@dali.cs.uni-magdeburg.de>, Roland Jesse <jesse@csmd.cs.UNI-Magdeburg.DE> wrote: :David Fetter wrote: :> Basically, how do I do it? Will I need to re-compile executable :> I've written, or will the 2.0.5 executables work under 2.1.0? : :> Thanks in advance for tips, pointers, FAQ's, sites, :> specific RTFM's, etc. : :And - please give some notes here in the group. 2.0.5 binaries will run under 2.1 SOME will need to be recompiled if htey do such things as look inside the kernel, (e.g. usually the version of 'ps' you run should match the kernel) I have also run 2.1 binaries on a 2.0.5 kernel successfully (and come to think of it ps worked, so things should be very close..) in some respect 2.1 was kept deliberatly close to 2.0.5 and is considered a 'stability upgrade' in the same lineage.. 2.1.1 will probably also be a linear descendent and probably also very compatible. there should also be 'compatibility package' libraries for anything that changed julian