Upgrade question?

[RW]

On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 14:49:49 -0600
Bryan Albright wrote:

> Hi folks!
> 
> When upgrading from 8.4 to 9.3,in preparation to go from 9.3 to 10.2,
> does it make sense to do a full port upgrade, after checking
> /usr/ports/UPDATING (of course?)
> 
> Something like a 
> % portupgrade -a
> 
> Between the update to 9.3 and the update to 10.2?  Or can I "get away
> with" a update from 8.4 to 9.3, then update 9.3 to 10.2, then doa
> portupgrade -a?

When you cross a major boundary you should rebuild *all* install ports.

It's not necessary, but I do usually do update ports before just to
establish that they all build correctly.