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Date:      Tue, 15 Dec 2015 20:00:56 -0500
From:      Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Migrating from ports to pkg
Message-ID:  <5670B7C8.5000603@columbus.rr.com>
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On 12/15/15 17:52, Chris Stankevitz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been using "make" to install ports and "portsnap/portmaster" to
> update my system.  But I'm over it now.
>
> I'm running 10.1-RELEASE and have very few ports installed.
>
> Is the migration from make/portsnap/portmaster -> pkg as simple as:
>
> pkg delete portmaster
> rm -rf /usr/ports
> pkg update
> pkg upgrade

pkg upgrade -f

This will "reinstall and upgrade all packages on the system.

Been there done that

>
> ?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Chris
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