Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:56:14 -0000 From: CARTER Anthony <a.carter@cordis.lu> To: dwbear75@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_upgrade ? Message-ID: <1048007217.44428.114.camel@intra241.intrasoft.lu> In-Reply-To: <20030318095553.F18308@asu.edu> References: <20030318095553.F18308@asu.edu>
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Nope. pkgdb -F fixes the package database and removes old entries... Anthony On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 17:55, David Bear wrote: > I've been searching the handbook and can't seem to find what I'm > looking for regarding upgrading a port. I know there is > portupgrade... which I'd like to avoid because I don't want to install > ruby as well. > > I do have cvsup installed, and can run cvsup to update my ports > collection. My question is if I already have a package installed, > running cvsup, the make install again for a preexisting port will mess > up the pkg-data base right? So, if I only want to upgrade a single > port, is the recommended way > > 1) pkg_deinstall > 2) cvsup ports collection > 3) pkg_install again (or make install) > > This seems rather poor as I don't want to have all the downtime > between deinstalling and installing again. > > If I cvsup ports and then make install, is there a fix to update the > pkg data base?
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