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Date:      Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:29:37 +0100
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andrew Berry <andrewberry@sentex.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upgrading to 64 bit from a 32 bit installation on FBSD 7
Message-ID:  <48D2AC21.8090208@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <6064616F-F11C-4EE9-8902-2646E5F6DCB5@sentex.net>
References:  <7D3E2F4C-5CF8-4DCA-8B8F-5AF2015250B1@sentex.net>	<48D1F715.2070107@FreeBSD.org> <6064616F-F11C-4EE9-8902-2646E5F6DCB5@sentex.net>

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Andrew Berry wrote:
> On 18-Sep-08, at 2:37 AM, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
>> Andrew Berry wrote:
>>> Can I simply rebuild the world (or use freebsd-update), and 
>>> portupgrade everything to rebuild for amd64? Or, will things break as 
>>> libraries are upgraded which still have 32-bit dependancies on the 
>>> system?
>>
>> This is a pretty common question, did you try searching the archives 
>> or google for the answer?
> 
> Yes, I did, and was quite surprised when I didn't find a clear answer :)

Perhaps because it's not a simple operation ;)

Kris



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