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Date:      Mon, 28 Jul 2014 01:22:45 +0700
From:      Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>
To:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@mat.cc>
Cc:        freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: reinstall all packages
Message-ID:  <20140727182245.GA84649@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru>
In-Reply-To: <160582A882E3EED9626220F8@atuin.in.mat.cc>
References:  <20140727162157.GA83693@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <160582A882E3EED9626220F8@atuin.in.mat.cc>

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Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> | 
> | After a major upgrade it is recommended to reinstall all ports/packages.
> | What is the recommended procedure for pkg ?
> 
> After moving from a major version to another, pkg upgrade -f is the way to
> go. 

Thanks. I could not find it because I was looking under pkg-install,
not pkg-upgrade.

> By major, I mean going from 8 to 9, or 9 to 10.
> You don't need to do that going from say, 9.1 to 9.3, you would be
> installing the same packages over again.

Still, "freebsd-update upgrade" recommends doing it even when
upgrading from e.g. 9.1 to 9.3.


-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru



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