what's the best way to re-install ports as packages?

[Gary Kline]

	People, 

	In trying to restore my original main box, since I'm running
	6.1, packages are now available.  A few days ago I began
	portupgradingg stuff.  kde-lite and gnome2-lite among them.
	Turns out that several packages were 'not available' and 
	my build-state  was/is askew.  I've gone back to compiling
	everything from src.  I tried building only just the missing 
	packages, but got errs and the portupgrade -fkPP was not
	happy.

	rsync capabilities and auto tar'ing of major config files
	is undergoing.  (In fact, if 6.1 has a fatal trap, I'm
	prepared for it.)   But having a strategy of upgrading ports
	on my other [5.x] servers, and on my new 6.1 would be 
	*beyond* nice.  Is there any consensus?

	gary


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