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Date:      Wed, 06 Oct 2004 17:11:08 +0200
From:      Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl>
To:        Choy Kho Yee <khoyee@tf7.so-net.ne.jp>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Should I rebuild all ports?
Message-ID:  <20041006151108.GA767@alex.lan>
In-Reply-To: <051585EC-17A8-11D9-A351-000A95BE58A4@tf7.so-net.ne.jp>
References:  <051585EC-17A8-11D9-A351-000A95BE58A4@tf7.so-net.ne.jp>

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On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 11:57:19PM +0900, Choy Kho Yee wrote:
> I have just upgraded FreeBSD 5.3BETA6 to BETA7.
> According to /usr/src/UPDATING, some of the system
> libraries have been upgraded, and we should rebuild
> all ports if we want to use the new libraries. So,
> 
>  1. should I rebuild all ports? (I think it should take one
>      whole day...)

I don't know. Does the apps work?

>  2. If I am to rebuild all ports, what is the command I
>      should use?

Best is if you install the port portupgrade and then do:
portupgrade -fa

If you just want to compile a app that doesn't work do:
portupgrade -fR portname

-- 
Alex

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