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Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 17:29:26 -0500
From: Jeffrey Vehrs <jwvehrs@compuserve.com>
To: James Lim <evilfry@sg.freebsd.org>
Cc: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net>,
	Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: Correct procedure to upgrade a port or package
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Now, that is very interesting. I didn't know it was there. I ought to try it
next time.

Anyway, to answer Duke's question. Remove some apps that you don't want to
upgrade or add 'distclean' to 'make install'. Hope that helps.

On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 08:45:20PM +0800, James Lim wrote:
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> Hi
> 
> 	Check out /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> 
> On the last episode Thursday 21 June 2001 20:28, Duke Normandin wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 07:20:14AM -0500, Jeffrey Vehrs wrote:
> > > I was upgrading packages last nite automatically. Here's my
> > > procedure:
> > >
> > > 	1) type 'pkg_version -c >updateApps'
> > > 	2) edit updateApps
> >
> > Never done this, so what gets editted in 'updateApps'?
> >
> > > 	3) su as root
> > > 	4) type 'sh updateApps' off you go
> > >
> > > It works well for me.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 11:32:39AM +1000, BSD Freak wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I need to upgrade a package on some of our servers. I beleive
> > > > the following is the correct procedure but can someone confirm
> > > > or deny this, or offer a better way:
> > > >
> > > > pkg_delete mypackage-1.1
> > > > pkg_add mypackage-1.4.tgz
> > > >
> > > > Is there a pkg_upgrade utility ??
> > > >
> > > > Thanks ....
> 
> - -- 
> Regards,
> James Lim
> http://sg.freebsd.org | http://www.bsd-geeks.org
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