Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:36:38 +0000 (UTC) From: Jona Joachim <jaj@hcl-club.lu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: massive ports update Message-ID: <slrng4m3bl.1tqn.jaj@nirvana.my.domain> References: <560f92640806061458k7b413e9du49c84c252b424fcb@mail.gmail.com> <200806062217.m56MHgKV019665@vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>
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On 2008-06-06, Tuc at T-B-O-H <ml@t-b-o-h.net> wrote: > In UPDATING it says : > > Given the scope and sheer number of dependent ports, it may be more > advisable to simply blow away all existing install ports (after > keeping any local configuration changes), and rebuilding from scratch. > > > I'm wondering just how many ports the author of that statement > has. I have a few to say the least. Actually a few hundred. Ok, well, > 1102 to be a bit more specific.... Blow away and re-install 1102 ports? > For real? That's not uncommon. For example when you go from one major FreeBSD version to another you have to rebuild everything most of the time because of ABI changes. Of course you could also wait for the building cluster to catch up and do a binary upgrade (-P in portupgrade). Jona -- Pond-erosa Puff wouldn't take no guff Water oughta be clean and free So he fought the fight and he set things right With his OpenBSD
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