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Date:      Thu, 8 Mar 2001 08:55:56 +1300
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
To:        Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Upgrading windowmaker via port collection
Message-ID:  <20010308085556.A9950@itouchnz.itouch>
In-Reply-To: <20010307100240.A4494@polands.org>; from doug@polands.org on Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:02:41AM -0600
References:  <20010307100240.A4494@polands.org>

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On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:02:41AM -0600, Doug Poland wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running windowmaker 0.62.1 on FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE.  I noticed the
> port now points to 0.64.1 and would like to upgrade but have several questions.
> 
> * If I use the port mechanism, do I use:  make reinstall?

No. Do a make on the windowmaker port, then

	# pkg_delete windowmaker-0.62.1
	# make install

> * Will this overwrite my personal configuration settings?

No.

> * Must I re-run wmaker.inst?

No.

> * Are there any other issues I need to be aware of?

The actual name of your previously installed windowmaker port may vary,
check the contents of /var/db/pkg for the canonical name.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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