On 10/31/2012 9:48 AM, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote:
/ Stuart Henderson wrote on Wed 31.Oct'12 at 15:56:31 +0000 /
On 2012-10-31, Jamie Paul Griffin <ja...@kode5.net> wrote:
Is it best to
remove all packages prior to upgrade and then reinstall them or
should we simply upgrade the packges using pkg_add -i once the
upgrade has been completed?
pkg_add -u - package upgrades have been pretty reliable for years now.
yeah i meant the -u switch, that was a typo (sorry). I've just read the upgrade
document and as I don't have that many packages installed I think i'll just
back-up some config files and install from scratch. Probably the easiest and
quickest method in my case. cheers, Jamie
Don't do it! Seriously, the upgrade process is easy, and is worth
becoming familiar with. At least give it a shot since you're planning on
reinstalling anyway. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised!
For a long time I did fresh installs too since my average OpenBSD box is
a router with ~15 files changed from default and little to no packages
so it was trivial to recreate, and even then I should have been
upgrading in hindsight.
