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Date:      Wed, 19 Nov 2014 16:59:31 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Koop Mast <kwm@FreeBSD.org>
To:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r372798 - head
Message-ID:  <201411191659.sAJGxVlg091095@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: kwm
Date: Wed Nov 19 16:59:31 2014
New Revision: 372798
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/372798
QAT: https://qat.redports.org/buildarchive/r372798/

Log:
  Add recommedation that users safe there current list of ports before doing
  the upgrade so they can later install them again if the update removed them.
  
  Discussed with: wblock@

Modified:
  head/UPDATING

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING	Wed Nov 19 16:33:32 2014	(r372797)
+++ head/UPDATING	Wed Nov 19 16:59:31 2014	(r372798)
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ you update your ports collection, before
   GNOME 3.14 was imported. Because this is a big change some manual help is
   needed. Please use the following instructions to update.
 
+  Make a list of the installed ports:
+  # pkg info > ~/installed-ports-list
+
   Delete the old and conflicting packages:
   # pkg delete clutter gnome-utils gnome-panel gnome-keyring vala-vapigen \
       guile gcalctool gnome-media libgnomekbd
@@ -27,6 +30,9 @@ you update your ports collection, before
   # portmaster -a
   # portmaster x11/gnome3
 
+  After these steps, check with the list we made earlier if your favorite
+  ports are still installed, and reinstall them if needed.
+
 20141117:
   AFFECTS: users of security/openssh-portable
   AUTHOR: bdrewery@FreeBSD.org



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