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Date:      Thu, 30 May 2013 13:42:05 +0000
From:      Steve Wills <steve@mouf.net>
To:        Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Alexander Leidinger <netchild@freebsd.org>, Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Order of canonical upgrade sequence
Message-ID:  <51A7572D.7050808@mouf.net>
In-Reply-To: <CADLo83-AzBcm_%2BobVN5aczQdt=GG6U_JnFXyv3dwrG5YMxt%2B=w@mail.gmail.com>
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On 05/29/13 16:02, Chris Rees wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> Back in 2005, when Alexander Leidinger wrote the make delete-old
> target, he documented the order of upgrade such that it should be run
> before mergemaster [1];
> 
> #  7.  `make installworld'
> #  8.  `make delete-old'
> #  9.  `mergemaster'
> 

It would be good to mention that it's wise to "make check-old", and
rebuilding any ports that depend on the old libs, before doing "make
delete-old".

Steve






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