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Date:      Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:20:28 +0000
From:      Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>
To:        FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Can I resume the perl upgrade?
Message-ID:  <29774DBA177D06A982491ADD@utd65257.utdallas.edu>
In-Reply-To: <486EACE56EE9A4FF9B93958A@utd65257.utdallas.edu>
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--On Friday, April 10, 2009 11:17:00 -0500 Paul Schmehl 
<pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote:

>
> According to /usr/ports/UPDATING, if you want to upgrade to perl5.10, you do
> the following:
>
> Portupgrade users:
>     0) Fix pkgdb.db (for safety):
>         pkgdb -Ff
>
>     1) Reinstall perl with new 5.10:
>         portupgrade -o lang/perl5.10 -f perl-5.8.\*
>
>     2) Reinstall everything that depends on Perl:
>         portupgrade -fr perl
>
> My machine got rebooted right in the middle of step 3.  Is there a way to
> resume where I left off?  Or do I just start over?

Let me rephrase.  I don't see a way in portupgrade to start over where I left 
off.  However, pkg_info -R lang/perl* shows that all my ports depend on 5.10 
and no ports are still depending upon 5.8.  Is it safe to assume that the 
reboot happened after portupgrade had finished?

-- 
Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions
are my own and not those of my employer.
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