Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 19:03:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: Mike Muir <mmuir@es.co.nz> Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install newer version over old one... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910061859001.84248-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <37FB9ED5.B964016F@es.co.nz>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Mike Muir wrote: > > how? I have kde 1.1.1 installed on my machine...want to upgrade to 1.1.2, > > but a 'make reinstall' (or 'make install') finds all the existing packages > > so does nothing... > > > > need some sort of 'make install-ignoring-the-already-installed-progs' ... > > is there one? > > make install FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=YES Probably safer to manually pkg_delete all of the kde* packages first - this way you won't get bitten by any dependencies (e.g. linking against wrong library versions when you recompile, or 1.1.2 finding leftover files from 1.1.1 and acting weirdly, etc). Plus you won't have any port turds in your tree from files which disappeared or moved in 1.1.2. You might lose some dependency information if you have things like kbiff installed - you can just edit those back into the +REQUIRED_BY files if it really bothers you, though. Kris ---- XOR for AES -- join the campaign! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.10.9910061859001.84248-100000>