Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 12:21:53 -0700 (PDT) From: John Kozubik <john@www.kozubik.com> To: Rus Foster <rghf@fsck.me.uk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proper way to upgrade packaes from ports Message-ID: <20021007122004.C22036-100000@www.kozubik.com> In-Reply-To: <20021007085818.K84231-100000@freebsd.rf0.com>
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Rus, Please take a look at /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade, as it is the appropriate tool for these sort of upgrades. Circumstantial evidence over the years has led me to believe that most ports will actually successfully and without issue overwrite their previous iterations that were also installed via the ports tree (lynx, wget, things like that). ----- John Kozubik - john@kozubik.com - http://www.kozubik.com On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Rus Foster wrote: > Hi All, > I've got a general question. Say I've install /usr/ports/net/foobar_0.1, > I do a cvsup and see new foo_bar0.2. What is the best way to upgrade? > Either pkg_rm foobar_0.1 + pkg_add foobar_0.2, force the installation > of 0.2 or is there some other way? > > Rgds > > Rus > > -- > http://www.fsck.me.uk - Rant wibble wave > http://shells.fsck.me.uk - Hosting and stuff > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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