From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 28 16:23:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 047F215211 for ; Fri, 28 May 1999 16:23:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA24997; Fri, 28 May 1999 16:23:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 16:23:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Ronald Klop Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing a new version of a port In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 28 May 1999, Ronald Klop wrote: > When I install a new version of a program via a port, should I deinstall > the old version first than? Or can I use 'make reinstall'? > I want to upgrade icewm (windowmanager) in particular. For best results, pkg_delete the old one then install the new one. > Or how can I preserve my settings else? Back up the configs. Most ports don't list their config files in the PLIST, so they don't get deleted. But, just in case. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message