7.2-STABLE to 8-R

[Pieter de Goeje]

On Tuesday 24 November 2009 16:45:14 John wrote:
> Hello list
> 
> I've looked high and low for a howto/link showing how to update to 8, to
> no avail. Is it just a case of the regular buildworld process or are
> there gotchas because we are crossing major version numbers.
> 

You got it right. Just the regular upgrade procedure as documented in 
/usr/src/UPDATING.

The gotcha is that you need to rebuild all ports. If you don't do that you can 
run in to trouble when you later build a port.

I found that usually it is fastest to just take note of which ports you need, 
delete all existing ports, then after the upgrade reinstall the required 
ports.

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Pieter de Goeje