From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 7 22:36:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54D57106567C for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:36:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 289838FC17 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:36:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1K571o-0006rn-6a for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:36:52 +0000 Received: from 4be54-4-82-234-154-189.fbx.proxad.net ([82.234.154.189]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:36:52 +0000 Received: from jaj by 4be54-4-82-234-154-189.fbx.proxad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:36:52 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Jona Joachim Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:36:38 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <560f92640806061458k7b413e9du49c84c252b424fcb@mail.gmail.com> <200806062217.m56MHgKV019665@vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 4be54-4-82-234-154-189.fbx.proxad.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Sender: news Subject: Re: massive ports update X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:36:57 -0000 On 2008-06-06, Tuc at T-B-O-H wrote: > In UPDATING it says : > > Given the scope and sheer number of dependent ports, it may be more > advisable to simply blow away all existing install ports (after > keeping any local configuration changes), and rebuilding from scratch. > > > I'm wondering just how many ports the author of that statement > has. I have a few to say the least. Actually a few hundred. Ok, well, > 1102 to be a bit more specific.... Blow away and re-install 1102 ports? > For real? That's not uncommon. For example when you go from one major FreeBSD version to another you have to rebuild everything most of the time because of ABI changes. Of course you could also wait for the building cluster to catch up and do a binary upgrade (-P in portupgrade). Jona -- Pond-erosa Puff wouldn't take no guff Water oughta be clean and free So he fought the fight and he set things right With his OpenBSD