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Tore Lund wrote:
> Sorin Panca wrote:
>> Prior to starting the upgrade I did a pkg_delete -a. I wanted a clean
>> system (just like a reinstallation). How do I ensure that all packages
>> were removed by pkg_delete -a ?
> 
> I cannot help wonder why you try to do a binary update.  Saving some
> configuration files and doing a reinstall might have been easier IMO.

I'm located in Europe, while the server is in the US. I also think that
a serious OS should be upgradable both from source and binaries without
booting it from other media, at runtime. Asking people near that server
to do something I should be able to do is never a good option.

Regards,
Sorin.