Lots of core files with latest xscreensaver-gnome

[Adam Weinberger]

>> (05.03.2004 @ 1344 PST): Stacey Roberts said, in 3.6K: <<
> Hi Adam,
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Weinberger <adamw at FreeBSD.org>"
> To: To Stacey Roberts
> Date: Mon, 03 May, 2004 17:54 BST
> Subject: Re: Lots of core files with latest xscreensaver-gnome
> 
> > Clear out everything in /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg and the run:
> > 
> > portupgrade -u -a -f
> > 
> > That will rebuild everything. After you clear out
> > /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg, nothing will run until you complete the
> > portupgrade.
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> As nothing (presumably this refers to X-related apps) will run in between "rm -rf'ing /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg/*" and the portupgrade cmd, is it best then, to ensure that no-one is logged in on X during this exercise?
> 
> If anything I'll be looking to run this overnight.
> 
> Thanks again, Adam.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Stacey
>> end of "Re: Lots of core files with latest xscreensaver-gnome" from Stacey Roberts <<

That's probably the safest behaviour, yes. It's not that *nothing* will
run, but after you delete the stuff in .../pkg, a whole bunch of things
will be missing libraries.

I hope that someday they'll make -u a default argument to
portupgrade(1).

# Adam


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