Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:24:18 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ? Message-ID: <20051110122418.6c69fb41.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <E1EaAau-000J6X-5X@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> References: <Pine.GSO.4.62.0511101112200.19268@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> <E1EaAau-000J6X-5X@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk>
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:27:52 +0000
Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> wrote:
> will remove all the ports first, so it is just back to the basic system.
> But Perl is now a port - should I remove this, or should I leave it alone,
> i.e. is it required for the build process ?
No, nothing outside the base system is required to build the base
system. But don't nuke the ports before running cvsup :)
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