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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 10:16:13 +0300
From: "Abdullah Al-Marrie" <almarrie@gmail.com>
To: Drew <cotharyus@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Ports: Starting over from scratch?
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On 12/4/06, Drew <cotharyus@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm running into some problems on a desktop box that I've not seen anywhere
> else with upgrading multiple ports. The problem is so extensive, and a
> solution not being forthcoming, I'm very tempted to make deinstall from
> /usr/ports and then pkg_deinstall -a, and start over again. Does anyone have
> any advice or input on a procedure like this?

How about "portupgrade -a" ?

Thank you,

-Abdullah