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DanGer danger at wilbury.sk
Sun Dec 5 03:32:26 PST 2004


Hello David,

Sunday, December 5, 2004, 12:24:14 PM, you typed:

> 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.

and of course he should read /usr/ports/UPDATING too...

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