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David Jenkins david.jenkins at gmail.com
Sun Dec 5 03:23:59 PST 2004


On Sun, 5 December, 2004 11:01, Alexander Bubnov said:
> Hi, everyone!
>
> Could you help me, please?
>
> I have compiled and installed some FreeBSD ports. And I want to
> recompile my 'World' (FreeBSD 5.3). Do I need to delete with
> pkg_delete
> those ports and recompile them?

Generally, no. But, if you are upgrading from 4.x to 5.x or from 5.x
(for x=0; x<3) to 5.3 then you will need to I believe.

The best thing to do is read /usr/src/UPDATING before every
buildworld. If you do need to rebuild any ports, then it will tell you
in there.

Cheers,
David


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