Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 12:58:12 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmaster -af fails due to dead port - HELP Message-ID: <20150703125812.7359eefd@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <5595FC4A.6020402@gmail.com> References: <CAFsnNZK120bMrk3qUX2AHK_y%2BZtf_xYC8feqYrHChharh7rv=Q@mail.gmail.com> <20150702195510.GA2863@oslo.ath.cx> <CAFsnNZJLKbPeOyi6M--DZyxW9oqKoMj3YECdmn0vJAzRnHSB0w@mail.gmail.com> <CAFsnNZL4ak3j7RhCBBiJ5JBh6jT=Jr%2BjO5xrdPqUQNe3Ah_5BQ@mail.gmail.com> <20150703023514.GA4554@neutralgood.org> <5595FC4A.6020402@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 02 Jul 2015 23:06:50 -0400 William F. Dudley Jr. wrote: > > https://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.3R/installation.html > > And it says "users of systems being upgraded from FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE > or earlier will be prompted by freebsd-update(8) to rebuild all > third-party applications (e.g., ports installed from the ports > tree)". So I need to rebuild the ports. You don't need to rebuild them, just replace them with packages built against the new base system using pkg. I expect the freebsd-update message was written before pkg was created. I think at this point it might be simpler to do a pkg delete -a and install the packages you want.
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