Converting a FreeBSD 10.3 Port System from Source-based to Binary

List all the currently installed ports

portmaster --list-origins > installed-port-list

Clean old dist files

portmaster -ty --clean-distfiles

Delete the current ports and clean up a bunch of /usr/local cruft

pkg delete -afy
cd /usr/local <and clean up dir by dir>

Put the pkg package back. Yes this is weird. And you always need emacs.

pkg install pkg
pkg install emacs-nox

Get the directory names off the front of the port names

sed 's;^.*/;;' installed-port-list > list

Edit the list to fix some strange mess with python tool names <change all py-* to py27-*>

Install binaries for all ports

cat list | xargs pkg install -y

ssh was a little sick, so do this before you log out. And test it!

service sshd restart

So that one does not mistakenly run portmaster

pkg remove portmaster

And Bob's your uncle.

2017.06.17