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Subject: Re: upgrading installed ports automatically
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From: Kai Haberzettl <kai@khaberz.net>
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"nate" <freebsd@aphroland.org> writes:

>> Lots of people use it with great success, I think, but the one time I
>> tried  it my ports database got messed up and I couldn't figure out how
>> to fix it  and would up re-installing FreeBSD from scratch, so I
>> recommend caution.
>>
>
> damn..scary. thanks. i'll look into it.

<http://www.freebsddiary.org/portupgrade.php> is a good description of
how to go about it, including the all important step of backing up your
package database first.

Kai

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