From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Nov 10 12: 1:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A787C37B401; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 12:01:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc03.attbi.com (sccrmhc03.attbi.com [204.127.202.63]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D082E43E75; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 12:01:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bmah@employees.org) Received: from bmah.dyndns.org ([12.233.149.189]) by sccrmhc03.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20021110200116.QWUE3205.sccrmhc03.attbi.com@bmah.dyndns.org>; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 20:01:16 +0000 Received: from intruder.bmah.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by bmah.dyndns.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAAK1FIQ092658; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 12:01:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bmah@intruder.bmah.org) Received: (from bmah@localhost) by intruder.bmah.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gAAK1Feu092657; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 12:01:15 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200211102001.gAAK1Feu092657@intruder.bmah.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Emmanuel Rens Cc: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG, behanna@zbzoom.net, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem in upgrading to latest pkgs In-Reply-To: <31FC86A4-F43F-11D6-AC66-000A27AFC7DE@wanadoo.fr> References: <31FC86A4-F43F-11D6-AC66-000A27AFC7DE@wanadoo.fr> Comments: In-reply-to Emmanuel Rens message dated "Sun, 10 Nov 2002 00:58:51 +0100." From: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG (Bruce A. Mah) Reply-To: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG X-Face: g~c`.{#4q0"(V*b#g[i~rXgm*w;:nMfz%_RZLma)UgGN&=j`5vXoU^@n5v4:OO)c["!w)nD/!!~e4Sj7LiT'6*wZ83454H""lb{CC%T37O!!'S$S&D}sem7I[A 2V%N&+ X-Image-Url: http://www.employees.org/~bmah/Images/bmah-cisco-small.gif X-Url: http://www.employees.org/~bmah/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-1139485302P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 12:01:15 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --==_Exmh_-1139485302P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Emmanuel Rens wrote: > actually it seems that some important files have even been deleted, for > example there is no xvinfo anymore (this is typically a file you can't > get anywhere except from the whole XFree pkg). So you are right I should > start it over: but how? the base system seems to work well , I don't > quite see myself remaking the world right now, and I have many config > files I'd like to keep. How could I get rid of all packages and ports > without touching the system and still be able to cvsup the ports after? It sounds like your base system is intact, so you should leave it alone. You should not blindly follow these instructions, but I'd recommend doing something like this: 1. Make backups of /usr/X11R6/etc and /usr/local/etc. Most of the configuration files for your ports live in there. 2. Use "pkg_delete -f" to force-delete all of your installed ports. 3. Look around in /usr/X11R6 and /usr/local to see if there's anything you missed. You shouldn't have much left there except for your ports' configuration files. 4. Reinstall (from ports or packages) whatever you need. If necessary, use your configuration file backups to get things the way you want. 5. When you get things all put back, make a backup of your system, so you'll have something to fall back on if you get in trouble again. Bruce. --==_Exmh_-1139485302P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE9zrsL2MoxcVugUsMRAstRAKDR0/BQ1ksDNEM2ITZhXfpTtIxg2QCeOf24 85Xaq/RYY16DRin7LeN7tT4= =XRi6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1139485302P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message