Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 11:52:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Brad Morgan <B-Morgan@concentric.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Correct procedure to upgrade a port or package Message-ID: <20010621115000.P27505-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <NABBJOOEOFODEALNMJAJIEDCDNAA.B-Morgan@concentric.net>
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If you have XFree4 installed, set: XFREE86_VERSION=4 in /etc/make.conf, and dependencies will be handled correctly. Ports are a great way of maintaining software on your machine. They allow you to build new software packages on your hardware, in your environment. A lot of problems can be avoided by using ports. However, it can take a while to compile some larger projects. If you're looking for a good tool to upgrade ports (or packages) while maintaining dependencies, have a look at /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade. It works very well. Joe Clarke On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Brad Morgan wrote: > I'm a bit confused by packages and ports and although I've read the handbook > and "The Complete FreeBSD", I still have a question or two. > > I've installed 4.3-Release from CD and used cvsup to get to 4.3-Stable. My > video card, a GeForce2, wasn't supported in XFree86-3.3.6 so I installed > XFree86-4.1.0 instead. > > Various ports and packages have dependancy information but it appears to be > for XFree86-3.3.6 so what happens to my XFree86-4.1.0 if I install one of > these ports or packages? > > I've seen people talk about installing the port for a package. Is this like > installing the sources for a set of binaries? > > Thanks for your help. > > Regards, > > Brad > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Joe Clarke > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 7:44 PM > To: BSD Freak > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Correct procedure to upgrade a port or package > > > Yes, /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade. It works very well. > > Joe Clarke > > On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, BSD Freak wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I need to upgrade a package on some of our servers. I beleive the > > following is the correct procedure but can someone confirm or deny this, > > or offer a better way: > > > > pkg_delete mypackage-1.1 > > pkg_add mypackage-1.4.tgz > > > > Is there a pkg_upgrade utility ?? > > > > Thanks .... > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > Receive faxes 24x7, no second line necessary. > > http://www.mbox.com.au/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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