Solved Portmaster question

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Hi i have to rebuild all 3rd party software before final updating from 10.2 to freebsd 11.0,
i did portmaster -af but some packages fail to build is there a comand that let portmaster continue compiling others packges after a package fail to build?
 
Consider ports-mgmt/synth as well. Correct me if I am wrong, but you also need to do a rebuild after you get to version 11 right? IN other words, update all your ports before you go to 11, and then immediately after you have gone to 11.
 
Why would you rebuild all ports before upgrading?

Also, don't ever use portmaster -af without reading /usr/ports/UPDATING beforehand.

Also also, the entire correct procedure for rebuilding all ports correctly is shown at the end of portmaster(8). It takes less time than rebuilding them in-place, yet people still don't want to do it.
 
wblock@ said:
Why would you rebuild all ports before upgrading?
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Well, way back on my old days of learning, I was sure some folks on this forum said make it a best practice to update/upgrade using a fresh port tree before making any other changes. I just incorporated that to include system upgrades. Should we not do that?
 
PacketMan said:
Well, way back on my old days of learning, I was sure some folks on this forum said make it a best practice to update/upgrade using a fresh port tree before making any other changes. I just incorporated that to include system upgrades. Should we not do that?
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Not worth the trouble, you'll still have a full re-install ahead after the OS upgrade so why waste time with an extra rebuild of all installed ports that serves no purpose?
 
OK, so you don't post the URL you post the thread number between thread tags and the board figures out based on that where to link to. Now I am just talking to myself...o_O
 
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