Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 07:10:02 -0600 From: Peter Schultz <pmes@bis.midco.net> To: Jake Khuon <khuon@NEEBU.Net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: afraid of portupgrade -ra Message-ID: <4028D82A.7060102@bis.midco.net> In-Reply-To: <200402101256.i1ACuYPM016374@Espresso.NEEBU.Net> References: <200402101256.i1ACuYPM016374@Espresso.NEEBU.Net>
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Jake Khuon wrote: > I have not done a cvsup and buildworld since the threading move in the ports > tree was made. Is it okay for me to do a cvsup and buildworld WITHOUT doing > a portupgrade -ra? Will I break any of my existing applications? The > reason I ask is because on my laptop, I've installed a lot of ports... as in > somewhere around 6500. While I typically install only what I need, my > philosophy with my laptop was that I also typically end up in situations > where I'll need something and not have the connectivity to download a > package or grab the ports source to compile. So now I'm faced with having > my machine crunch through quite a few ports... not all of which I'm > confident will build correctly. > > First, you'll want `portupgrade -raf'. Second, it might be better to just start over anew. Blowing everything away and starting fresh with the latest JPSNAP has given me excellent results. Of course, I have a desktop with multiple hard drives. If this stuff freaks you out, don't run -current. Especially on a machine you'll need to have working! ;-) Pete...
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