Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 15:51:32 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@sage.thought.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: what's the best way to re-install ports as packages? Message-ID: <20060909225132.GA61712@thought.org>
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People, In trying to restore my original main box, since I'm running 6.1, packages are now available. A few days ago I began portupgradingg stuff. kde-lite and gnome2-lite among them. Turns out that several packages were 'not available' and my build-state was/is askew. I've gone back to compiling everything from src. I tried building only just the missing packages, but got errs and the portupgrade -fkPP was not happy. rsync capabilities and auto tar'ing of major config files is undergoing. (In fact, if 6.1 has a fatal trap, I'm prepared for it.) But having a strategy of upgrading ports on my other [5.x] servers, and on my new 6.1 would be *beyond* nice. Is there any consensus? gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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