Migrating to AMD64

[Xin LI]

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Brian wrote:
> Pav Lucistnik wrote:
>> Cy Schubert píše v po 07. 01. 2008 v 09:15 -0800:
>>
>>  
>>> Is there a documented or preferred approach to migrate ports from
>>> i386 to AMD64? Portupgrade has issues. Deleting and reinstalling 1954
>>> ports by hand would be a monumental project. Any suggestions?
>>>     
>>
>> Reinstall from scratch.
>>
>>   
> Something like this can be used to uninstall all ports.
> 
> cd /var/db/pkg; find . -type d | xargs pkg_delete
> 
> So, perhaps you mod the xargs to a deinstall/reinstall script?

Ah, maybe pkg_delete -a? :-)

I'd prefer, however, rm -fr /usr/local /var/db/pkg sometimes.

Cheers,
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Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
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