On Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 11:01:39AM +0000, Chris Narkiewicz wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 11:20:34AM +0100, Robert Alessi wrote: > > As I keep a list from pkg_info -mz in my backups, I wonder if a > > solution would not be to first remove everything with pkg_delete -X, > > I understand it's not exactly the answer you probably look for, but > how about re-installing?
I would have, but since I carefully keep incremental backups, I tried to find a way to avoid it. > There is a way to avoid manual setup again. > > Collect all your customizations and plonk them into site80.tgz. then > create a bootable image with extra site tarball file. Interesting, I didn't think about this! In the end I tried the pkg_delete -X way, and it worked! sysclean was even clever enough to tell me I had a couple of libraries ahead. That said, I wouldn't do it again. Reinstalling must remain the proper thing to do. > If you are ready to uninstall all packages, I can only imagine you are > ready to repeat the configuration step too. > > If you need to install remotely, you can put the same site80.tgz > on HTTP and point the installer to custom sets server/path. > > I created a script to automate generation of install sets: puffmatic. > You can find it on github. Very nice, thank you! Best, Robert > Best regards, > Chris Narkiewicz
