Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:01:56 +0000 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Follow a port of a specific major verion Message-ID: <201102081101.56290.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4D511D49.4010704@inbox.lv> References: <4D50217A.6030700@inbox.lv> <44aai7vh5b.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <4D511D49.4010704@inbox.lv>
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On Tuesday 08 February 2011, Mikael Bak wrote: > I was not aware I could just install the same software over the other > without first removing it. Shouldn't I do that? I would not want to > end up with a broken software or a broken ports database. If in doubt you could create a backup package first with "pkg_create -b pkg-name". That would give you a fair chance of rolling back to the previous version if things went pear-shaped. -- Mike Clarke
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