On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 12:23:00PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: > In practice, however, pretty much all software nowadays depends on > shared libraries, so it's reasonable to do a "pkg_delete -a" after > upgrading to a new major version of FreeBSD, and then reinstall all > of the ports you use once you've finished upgrading. Run "pkg_info" > before the upgrade and keep track of this output to help you remember > what ports you've got installed...
As a possible point of clarification, my comments earlier (and, I suspect similar comments of others) were not meant to imply that one should not rebuild ports after a major upgrade, but only that one need not do so _before_ upgrading. [...probably ... it worked for me ... YMMV ... if it is a critical package, then it wouldn't hurt to rebuild it first ... usw.] -- greg byshenk - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Leiden, NL _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
