Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:55:52 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade a binary package Message-ID: <20061214155438.DC4C.GERARD@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20061214201130.GA96791@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <4581A9FD.1060301@brunson.com> <20061214201130.GA96791@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Thursday December 14, 2006 at 03:11:30 (PM) Kris Kennaway wrote: > > I've been searching the manual and the man pages, but I can't seem to > > find a command to update an installed package to a newer version. I > > always get a message like this: > > > > pkg_add: package 'expect-5.43.0_1' or its older version already installed > > > > I only find info on "pkg_add" and "pkg_delete" for binary packages, the > > only references to updating a package give directions on how to use the > > ports tree. > > > > 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. portmanager lang/expect -l -- Gerard
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