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Date:      Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:13:50 -0800
From:      Benjamin Lee <ben@b1c1l1.com>
To:        Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Kelly Martin <kellymartin@gmail.com>, andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: preparing for an upgrade
Message-ID:  <4923AE9E.6090407@b1c1l1.com>
In-Reply-To: <20081119054321.GC77425@icarus.home.lan>
References:  <1338880b0811181547s191b3170nefe5525f112bbcc2@mail.gmail.com>	<20081119040732.GC45210@ozzmosis.com> <20081119054321.GC77425@icarus.home.lan>

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On 11/18/08 21:43, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
[...]
> You can only use it on 7.x if you add compatibility libraries and ensur=
e
> your kernel has COMPAT_FREEBSD6 in it.  These libraries have given some=

> users trouble in the past; you will find most people advocate rebuildin=
g
> all ports from scratch (pkg_delete -af please) when upgrading between
> major FreeBSD versions (e.g. 6.x -> 7.x).

Is there a particular reason that you recommend using pkg_delete?  I
just did 'portupgrade -aRf' for my 6.2 -> 7.0 upgrades.


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Benjamin Lee
http://www.b1c1l1.com/


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