qt-copy fails to build in new FreeBSD 7 environment

[Paul Horechuk]

On June 11, 2008, Doug Barton wrote:
> Paul Horechuk wrote:
> > I recently did a source upgrade from FreeBSD 6.3 to FreeBSD 7 Stable. I
> > have over 1000 ports to recompile so it is taking time.
>
> The recommended procedure for upgrading major branches is to wipe out
> all of your ports, then build again from scratch. I know that you said
> you're a portupgrade user, but FYI the portmaster man page has a
> procedure for doing this that has worked well for me, and other users.
> Even if you choose not to use portmaster you might want to take a look
> at the list of steps.
Thanks for the place to check. I'm definitely not inclined to remove and 
reinstall 1018 ports from a command shell, though. I'll check out the 
process and perhaps come to a compromise. At least my system is functional 
while I work on the upgrades.

>
> hth,
>
> Doug



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