From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 9 05:12:57 2007 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 03AE416A418 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 05:12:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70D7E13C48E for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 05:12:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lA95Cm6o057604; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 06:12:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A96FCB8FC; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 06:12:48 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 06:12:48 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Albert Shih Message-ID: <20071109051248.GA94183@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Albert Shih , Mario Lobo , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200711081455.39635.cesar@expresso.com.br> <200711081448.48390.mario.lobo@ipad.com.br> <20071108183239.GA65453@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20071108221413.GA75162@pcjas.obspm.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071108221413.GA75162@pcjas.obspm.fr> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Mario Lobo , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About Freebsd 7.0 versus 6.3 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: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:12:57 -0000 --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 11:14:13PM +0100, Albert Shih wrote: > Be careful if you not using standard shell because....if you using a shell > come from ports.... Root should _never_ use a shell from ports. You can use the 'toor' account for that. > > 11. `make delete-old-libs' (in case no 3rd party program uses them any= more) > > d. Reinstall all root and leaf ports. Dependencies will then be > > installed automatically. >=20 > Well....what's the difference between what you say and make a new > installation ?=20 If you re-install, you're stuck with a GENERIC kernel, unless you recompile that afterwards which is extra work.=20 > I've do this sometime ago because I don't have 7.0-Beta CD-rom, and I've > install a 6.2 and make what you say...but for me rebuild all ports it's > same thing to make a new-installation. After a major version update you'll have to rebuild all ports anyway. But it seems that portupgrade is up to the task as well. I would go for a new install if I wanted to change the relative sizes of my partitions. Otherwise I'd stick with the source upgrade, because it is not as much work IMHO. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHM+xQEnfvsMMhpyURAg18AJ9I1Os+OqEjZWqVQtKvbmt0EuANVQCeMXT/ NaSulJe3VVcHB4GGpP7JVWU= =fUaM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd--