From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 3 09:07:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25054106566B for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:07:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2D6E8FC15 for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:07:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MXtFj-0002a8-12; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:50:45 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1MXtFi-0000PK-7a; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:50:42 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n738of7a020409; Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:50:41 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n738ofwR020408; Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:50:41 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:50:41 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Marcel Moolenaar Message-ID: <20090803085041.GA20029@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <84BEFCFB-4E8E-4483-95D4-0D570663E3EF@mac.com> <4A7344B4.9060402@fgznet.ch> <4BB87807-BDD3-45DA-B82A-AAB05F877C4A@mac.com> <4A75F28B.1040708@fgznet.ch> <058B2D3C-9AAF-4BD7-B068-1993D1D71DB9@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <058B2D3C-9AAF-4BD7-B068-1993D1D71DB9@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -1.5 X-Spam-Level: - Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML , freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No 8.0-BETA3 for ia64 & powerpc X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:07:04 -0000 On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 07:08:58PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > On Aug 2, 2009, at 1:09 PM, Andreas Tobler wrote: > > >>Yes, definitely. Just make sure to run... > >> # make delete-old > >> # make delete-old-libs > >> # mergemaster -U > >>...after the install. That should cleanup some old stuff > >>that may prevent good testing. shoudn't this be documented, e.g. in section 24.7, Rebuilding "world", of the FBSD handbook? I wasn't aware of these make targets or of "-U" option. I don't think it's mentioned in the handbook. Perhaps I could've avoided some problems with system updates.. many thanks -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423