Hi, On 13 June 2012 17:21:30 Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Erich <erichfreebsdl...@ovitrap.com> wrote: > > On 13 June 2012 0:20:16 Jason Hellenthal wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 09:53:04AM +0700, Erich wrote:
> I strongly recommend that you install ports-mgmt/portmaster (if you I use portupgrade for upgrades. It should lead to the same result. > have not done so) and read the man page (YES! You really need to read > it all!) and note the example for re-installing all ports. It will > assure that all ports are cleanly re-installed. > > I do admit that I don't delete /usr/local/*, but I do get rid of most > everything in it like bin, lib, include (especially important), > libexec, libdata, info, modules, man, and so on. (Almost abbreviated > "and so on" to "etc which would have triggered much hilarity and some > keyboard smashing!) I never install anything of my own in /usr/local, > but use /usr/opt for that. > I never did this. It is a good idea as it really cleans the system and you have your own stuff outside the third-party stuff. > If you do it as suggested, you should end up with a very clean, updated > system. > I did not want to upgrade it. I just wanted a fast solution to have FreeBSD running and than start from scratch. This starting from real scratch did not work. It seems that your solution would also solved the problem. I never thought of this. Erich _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
