Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 18:49:55 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Iain Dooley <mail@iaindooley.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: Uprading to 5.X from 4.X Message-ID: <20050425014955.GA60179@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <426CDA1B.3020906@iaindooley.com> References: <426CD319.6010005@iaindooley.com> <20050425012837.GA59690@xor.obsecurity.org> <426CD723.3040906@iaindooley.com> <20050425013604.GA59847@xor.obsecurity.org> <426CDA1B.3020906@iaindooley.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 11:52:59AM +0000, Iain Dooley wrote: > >you're going to keep using new ports/packages then it's recommended > >that you reinstall everything (e.g. with portupgrade) to avoid the > >incompatibilities that can arise if you mix and match 4.x and 5.x > >packages. > > i see, i've just been through a bit of three day nightmare trying to > portupgrade everything (install errors aplenty ... see my email on the > freebsd-questions list). > > maybe i'll hold off for a little while. it's such a pain having to wait for > everything to build from source. kde takes forever, so you leave the house > but when you come back there is one of those configuration options screens > for some obscure package with bunch of options like "Enable Lib GSSD > Compatibility" that mean absolutely nothing to me. meanwhile i can't use my > PC. > > maybe i should be using pkg_update instead? No, it sounds like you should be using portupgrade -P, i.e. the precompiled packages. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCbEzDWry0BWjoQKURArWQAKCU8ngFPShdeiq9urnpzVmemLPMkACfX17e S+VfHKN7q6odRWB/niJn48w= =Yotj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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