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Date:      Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:11:30 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Eric Brunson <brunson@brunson.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upgrade a binary package
Message-ID:  <20061214201130.GA96791@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <4581A9FD.1060301@brunson.com>
References:  <4581A9FD.1060301@brunson.com>

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On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 12:46:05PM -0700, Eric Brunson wrote:
> I've been searching the manual and the man pages, but I can't seem to=20
> find a command to update an installed package to a newer version.  I=20
> always get a message like this:
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> pkg_add: package 'expect-5.43.0_1' or its older version already installed
>=20
> I only find info on "pkg_add" and "pkg_delete" for binary packages, the=
=20
> only references to updating a package give directions on how to use the=
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> ports tree.
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> Is there a way to update an installed package with a newer version?

sysutils/portupgrade is the usual tool.  I think portmaster can do this too.

Kris

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