From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 06:14:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4867106564A for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:14:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@b1c1l1.com) Received: from lancer.b1c1l1.com (lancer.b1c1l1.com [72.13.86.100]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B1338FC08 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:14:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@b1c1l1.com) Received: from supra.b1c1l1.com (c-24-7-82-201.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.7.82.201]) by lancer.b1c1l1.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 284515C21; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:14:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4923AE9E.6090407@b1c1l1.com> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:13:50 -0800 From: Benjamin Lee User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081008) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Chadwick References: <1338880b0811181547s191b3170nefe5525f112bbcc2@mail.gmail.com> <20081119040732.GC45210@ozzmosis.com> <20081119054321.GC77425@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20081119054321.GC77425@icarus.home.lan> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigD9ABF74BDCA43541ACBDBB47" Cc: Kelly Martin , andrew clarke , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: preparing for an upgrade X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:14:02 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD9ABF74BDCA43541ACBDBB47 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/18/08 21:43, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: [...] > You can only use it on 7.x if you add compatibility libraries and ensur= e > your kernel has COMPAT_FREEBSD6 in it. These libraries have given some= > users trouble in the past; you will find most people advocate rebuildin= g > all ports from scratch (pkg_delete -af please) when upgrading between > major FreeBSD versions (e.g. 6.x -> 7.x). Is there a particular reason that you recommend using pkg_delete? I just did 'portupgrade -aRf' for my 6.2 -> 7.0 upgrades. --=20 Benjamin Lee http://www.b1c1l1.com/ --------------enigD9ABF74BDCA43541ACBDBB47 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJJI66pAAoJEN/n9makEYTh4lwQALBanhKIlAZ+OS218tgtD0vO 0oBpF9xanCMzEXGiV0Bgr45LhNkGdeo7DwreNWGAmfZfIYYWg1HCDkXrX1ZWcKsc p8D1nxeBVI/GPVz1tiB2Z0tasN76hZUS4VpXxRWFIOsxWXVAfSS6oQ7m40mNhj/2 Mu16oYGPnJI/zHWUu17aqs6POgemM7+7Nasc9IZ2m+t511nH7gO87CfzE6X5nPXA UN/kxLTqaRxQmxkrkEAvfH+g2HZCPIEtvG6nyMEtf98mIK4KqJJqmq9bJF4vhBHz FRlQaKDXLRhl0UdnVnCxL6JhCkzr5pd6BkG1Aq4xEWaZWAYrFBbwHfDzE85pZfoN vG/xR6JmU/6443OkClf/qTN++aYr26vHKWar9ZI+vTMC/bP8Kb74wDNMO0cJILDE BcuqSaaVsUxyRizvwb16mP6carbOKU9WD2aFJeUq+lSq4m8tYgeVh/NJMkBxwUC4 t7xVnjeyppzLyWSSDLdZT6q6HnZcPUpoKUzW4Ljsmopn2M9NzKLkg0E85/fcGsgA /CYvJLtKHpR6auozOUDm9wu1FDG7L++Y2c3kK5sXrgGf/5jiN9cU1LWmT23JZbV9 VOcuePR6UaVb9O1KhhMb7z/imalyJL7ChQQ260O8iuFR3tjQXyLDOZdn+zQWtBYq SXjp0p6QSiVOg9zADhz/ =EpPx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD9ABF74BDCA43541ACBDBB47--