<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br></div><div><br>On 19 Oct 2014, at 7:17 pm, Brandon Allbery <<a href="mailto:allbery.b@gmail.com">allbery.b@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Chris Jones <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jonesc@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk" target="_blank">jonesc@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">... it is not a matter of 'seeing fit'. Unless you want ongoing problems, the only correct thing to do is to reinstall *all* your ports...</blockquote></div><br>Uninstalling port you don't want any more is perfectly legitimate, provided it's not a dependency of something you do want, and will hopefully shorten the amount of time spent rebuilding.<br clear="all"></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Well yes, you do not have to reinstall everything after removal. The important bit is the removal step... ;)<div><br></div><div>( I normally use this migration as a way of clearing out ports I once installed, but no longer want. I keep the list of previously installed ports, as reference, but then only reinstall stuff as and when i want it... )</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates</div><div><a href="mailto:allbery.b@gmail.com" target="_blank">allbery.b@gmail.com</a> <a href="mailto:ballbery@sinenomine.net" target="_blank">ballbery@sinenomine.net</a></div><div>unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad <a href="http://sinenomine.net" target="_blank">http://sinenomine.net</a></div></div>
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