Re: 4.x -> 5.x
From: Jonathan Chen (jonc_at_chen.org.nz)
Date: 11/05/03
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Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 21:30:36 +1300 To: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org>
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 12:08:24AM -0800, Mike Hoskins wrote:
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> my question is, what's the best way to move 4.x packages to 5.x? i'm
> not talking binaries of course, but reproducing the set of installed
> packages from data in /var/db/pkg. i've read through the man pages for
> pkg*, portupgrade, etc... and i'm thinking it may be simple enough to
> just tar /var/db/pkg under 4.x, restore under 5.x, and then portupgrade
> the tree. i've tried it with a couple ports and it works, but i haven't
> tried it with an entire tree yet (more complex, with more dependencies to
> keep straight). am i headed in the right direction, or is this a "bad
> idea". :) this is just to get the "same set of binaries" back on the 5.x
> system, merging configs, etc. is given it's own blurbage.
Actually, this sounds like a very clever way of reproducing your ports
setup. A "portupgrade -fRr \*" should do the trick. Wish I'd thought
of it first..
Cheers.
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