Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 16:02:15 -0700 (PDT) From: patl@phoenix.volant.org To: Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net> Cc: Oscar Bonilla <obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Right way to upgrade a port Message-ID: <ML-3.4.927759735.2767.patl@asimov> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990526152048.cpiazza@home.net>
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> > p.s. wouln't it be cool if you could install on top of the old version > > and later remove the new version just to find out that the old version > > still works. :) > > I have a feeling that that would require a lot of hard drive space for > backups :-). There could be the odd chance that would work. Say, if the > new version installed everything in a different place! It would work fine if pkg_delete were just a little bit smarter so that it wouldn't delete any file that is also used by another installed package. The problem with the pkg_delete/make install sequence is that it can get quite awkward if there are other ports that depend on the one you are trying to update. For worst-case scenaria, check out the dependancy trees for gnome and kde... -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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