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To: Matt Meola <mmeola@uswest.com>
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Subject: Re: Port upgrade check/report tool
References: <19990218185752.EAVE3226200.mta2-rme@wocker> <199902182208.PAA09529@ima2wk6.ima2>
From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Date: 19 Feb 1999 01:54:10 +0100
In-Reply-To: Matt Meola's message of "Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:08:26 -0700"
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Matt Meola <mmeola@uswest.com> writes:
> The only thing is, making a port will install over an older version, 
> yet the pkg stuff for the old version remains in /var/db/pkg/.  So, is 
> it proper to do a "make deinstall" before the "make all install"?

To minimize breakage,

 a) do this in single-user mode (or with all users kicked off)
 b) make all
 c) remove the old version
 d) make install
 e) make clean

DES
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