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Date:      Mon, 19 Nov 2001 20:50:20 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Steve Brown <gtabug@prayforwind.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Updating software in ports
Message-ID:  <20011119205020.B89738@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011119213811.A4082@prayforwind.com>; from gtabug@prayforwind.com on Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 09:38:11PM -0500
References:  <20011119213811.A4082@prayforwind.com>

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On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 09:38:11PM -0500, Steve Brown wrote:
> Hello all,
>=20
> Ok, I have linux-netscape47-communicator (4.78) installed
> from ports. Now 4.79 is out and only change seems to be "Makefile"
> so I've downloaded it to my /usr/ports/www/linux-netscape47-communicator
> directory with a different name. Should I
> a) just rename it to Makefile, make && make install, or
> b) make deinstall, rename it, make && make install, or
> c) make deinstall, rename it, make && make reinstall, or
> d) something else entirely?

d) cvsup your ports collection, don't try and update it by hand
because you'll make mistakes, then
e) use portupgrade to upgrade and reinstall your ports.

Kris

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