From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 24 21:09:50 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E7D710656A7 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:09:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22EAA8FC20 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:09:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nAOL9m1d013979; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:09:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4816ABAAE; Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:09:48 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:09:48 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: John Message-ID: <20091124210948.GC87829@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20091124154514.GA91657@potato> <200911241725.42229.pieter@degoeje.nl> <20091124163718.GB91657@potato> <4B0C1249.1090600@lazlarlyricon.com> <20091124174025.GC91657@potato> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="raC6veAxrt5nqIoY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091124174025.GC91657@potato> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.2-STABLE to 8-R X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:09:50 -0000 --raC6veAxrt5nqIoY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 05:40:25PM +0000, John wrote: >=20 > Regarding ports, I think I'll take the long route. This box is my main > machine, my desktop - and so there are a LOT of ports installed. It will > be easier to make portmanager rebuild everything in pristine mode. It > will take a long time, but I accept this. Before this is done, I run the > built-in routines in /usr/ports - clean out */work/* and distfiles. I would _strongly_ advise you to make a list of all your current ports, e.g= =2E with 'portmaster -L >ports.list', deleting all ports and re-installing the ports labeled as 'leaf ports' and 'root ports' in ports.list. While portmaster/-manager do their best, they just cannot cover all the cor= ner cases, especially since some ports require extra action (e.g. perl!) There = is a good chance you'll end up with a big mess like binaries linked to both 7.x and 8.x libraries or ports failing to build for mysterious reasons. Both ha= ve happened to me in the past and are a major PITA to fix. I've done the complete delete/reinstall run a couple of times now on my desktop with =E2=89=88490 ports installed.=20 Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --raC6veAxrt5nqIoY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAksMS5wACgkQEnfvsMMhpyW1rgCgm1mBi3wY40KGeuEngJHziSWW TEcAoJyy5sarBFFPXcwBk7wVa24evYrG =Zs6d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --raC6veAxrt5nqIoY--