ch...@nmedia.net (Chris Cappuccio), 2013.02.27 (Wed) 20:57 (CET):
> Jes [jjje...@gmail.com] wrote:
> > In my experience it's perfectly possible to move from one
> > architecture to another one.
> >
> > I do the following:
> >
> > - backup /etc (only for security)
> > - remove all installed packages (I save a list of installed packages
> > to figure out what to install again after)
> > - sysmerge for etc and xetc
> > - update the system with the new architecture (update, not install)
> > - adjust $PKG_PATH and reinstall packages deinstalled at the
> > beginning, or new ones of your election.
> >
> > No major problems detected.
> >
>
> one more step to add: delete old binaries (including previous versions of
> shared libs)
+ PostgreSQL dump/restore (that one bit me once when going from i386 to
amd64, there are probably others...)
Bye, Marcus
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