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Date:      Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:28:06 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
Cc:        David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com>, Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: x11/sessreg fails to build
Message-ID:  <4C9C6116.6050007@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100922191947.GV57267@albert.catwhisker.org>
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On 9/22/2010 12:19 PM, David Wolfskill wrote:
| On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 08:52:02PM +0200, David DEMELIER wrote:
|> ....
|>> There is no utmpx.h on 8.1-RELEASE.
|>>
|>
|> Then it's there because I downgraded from -STABLE, then I should
|> remove it safely ?
|
| When I do a source upgrade (which I do way more frequently than is
| sane), I augment the instructions in /usr/src/UPDATING so that just
| after "make installkernel", I run "mergemaster -p" (as specified),
| then move /usr/include aside prior to "make installworld": the "make
| installworld" will re-populate /usr/include afresh, and that way I
| know it doesn't contain anything it's not supposed to.

You SHOULD do this for upgrades in the same branch. You MUST do it for
major version upgrades or downgrades. Personally I also add "rm -r
/usr/share/man" to my install script as well. I've been doing both
things for many years and it's served me very well.


hth,

Doug

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