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Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@spqr.komquats.com>
Subject: Re: Migrating to AMD64
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Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> Cy Schubert píše v po 07. 01. 2008 v 09:15 -0800:
>
>   
>> Is there a documented or preferred approach to migrate ports from i386 to 
>> AMD64? Portupgrade has issues. Deleting and reinstalling 1954 ports by hand 
>> would be a monumental project. Any suggestions?
>>     
>
> Reinstall from scratch.
>
>   
Something like this can be used to uninstall all ports.

cd /var/db/pkg; find . -type d | xargs pkg_delete

So, perhaps you mod the xargs to a deinstall/reinstall script?

Brian