Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:41:28 +0200 From: Greg Byshenk <freebsd@byshenk.net> To: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 5.5 to 6.1 upgrade Message-ID: <20060823234128.GM633@core.byshenk.net> In-Reply-To: <E9B1EF44-7E2D-4FD7-B065-CC07596B5DB5@mac.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1060823010930.9072A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> <5B7BD83A-6316-4C20-903E-B5D66D4F2642@khera.org> <44EB5354.6070007@paladin.bulgarpress.com> <E9B1EF44-7E2D-4FD7-B065-CC07596B5DB5@mac.com>
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On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 12:23:00PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: > In practice, however, pretty much all software nowadays depends on > shared libraries, so it's reasonable to do a "pkg_delete -a" after > upgrading to a new major version of FreeBSD, and then reinstall all > of the ports you use once you've finished upgrading. Run "pkg_info" > before the upgrade and keep track of this output to help you remember > what ports you've got installed... As a possible point of clarification, my comments earlier (and, I suspect similar comments of others) were not meant to imply that one should not rebuild ports after a major upgrade, but only that one need not do so _before_ upgrading. [...probably ... it worked for me ... YMMV ... if it is a critical package, then it wouldn't hurt to rebuild it first ... usw.] -- greg byshenk - gbyshenk@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL
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