Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:19:18 +0200 From: Olli Hauer <ohauer@FreeBSD.org> To: Attos <attos.janus@gmail.com> Cc: ohauer@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Best way to uninstall X Message-ID: <4D9E0E36.4070109@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTik6bO0wKUPw2AiZAXtV7aLDuXLgBQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <BANLkTimSmVL_MQj2J9yCRy4z8mXKgdKeDQ@mail.gmail.com> <4D9DF8D5.4060005@FreeBSD.org> <BANLkTik6bO0wKUPw2AiZAXtV7aLDuXLgBQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2011-04-07 20:36, Attos wrote: > I used to have remote access through VPN-VNC using IceWM to this machine, > but I no longer require this. > This machine has Apache, MySQL, PostFix, Samba. And now (port-)upgrading it > has become a PITA. > It's currently running 7.4-REL and I'm planning to upgrade it to 8.2-REL and > portupgrade is holding me. That's why I want to get rid of all those ports I > no longer use. > If you plan the upgrade to 8.2 then you have to rebuild all your ports. So why updating the ports before the update? # create list of all packages (for reference) pkg_info -qoa | sort > ~/packages_74 # delete all packages pkg_delete -a Do the system upgrade, then build or install only the ports you want on the 8.2 system
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