Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 23:25:53 +0200 From: "Michael Nottebrock" <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: "Ken Bolingbroke" <hacker@bolingbroke.com>, "Hervey Wilson" <herveyw@dynamic-cast.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Ports deinstall / reinstall Message-ID: <011501c0c5f2$a72ee600$0508a8c0@lofi.dyndns.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104151310460.69816-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Bolingbroke" <hacker@bolingbroke.com> To: "Hervey Wilson" <herveyw@dynamic-cast.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 10:28 PM Subject: Re: Ports deinstall / reinstall > > > On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Hervey Wilson wrote: > > > I sync the ports collection regularly and endeavour to keep my system up to > > date. When packages are reported as out of date, I try to reinstall them, > > with this sequence: > > > > /usr/ports/XXXX: make deinstall > > /usr/ports/XXXX: make reinstall > > > > However, "make deinstall" invariably seems to report that the package is not > > found since it's looking for the new version, not the one I have installed. > > I therefore find myself reinstalling the new version and thinking about > > deleting the old versions entries from /var/db/pkgs. > > > > This doesn't feel quite right, can someone help me refine my process ? > > I've had the same problem, and unfortunately, the port upgrade process > doesn't seem to be well documented. The Port Handbook section on > upgrading is blank, for example. > > >From various tidbits on the lists, and my own trial and error process, > I've developed the following procedure: > > 1) port foo-1.2 is out of date, the current versions is foo-1.3 > > 2) go to the foo port directory and run "make" > > 3) if make completes successfully, run "pkg_delete foo-1.2" > > 3a) if that fails because other ports depend on foo-1.2, then do > "cp /var/db/pkg/foo-1.2/+REQUIRED_BY /tmp" and then do > "pkg_delete -f foo-1.2" > > 4) run "make install" > > 4a) if you did step 3a), then do > "mv /tmp/+REQUIRED_BY /var/db/pkg/foo-1.3/" > > 5) run "grep foo-1.2 /var/db/pkg/*/+CONTENT", and if you get something > like /var/db/pkg/bar-2.7/+CONTENTS:@pkgdep foo-1.2", then edit that > file to reflect your upgrade to foo-1.3. > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message The procedure described at http://www.freebsddiary.org/pkg_version.html might be interesting for you, since it allows you to keep your installed ports&packages up-to-date completely automagically (not failsafe, though). Greetings, Michael Nottebrock To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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