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Date:      Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:46:38 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Ron <lists@rzweb.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mysql 5.0 on FreeBSD 5.3
Message-ID:  <20051125024638.GA35055@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <4386725C.8050708@rzweb.com>
References:  <438657F1.7020102@rzweb.com> <20051125014355.GA34072@xor.obsecurity.org> <4386725C.8050708@rzweb.com>

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On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 06:09:32PM -0800, Ron wrote:
> >No, you can just compile it yourself using ports (although the ports
> >collection also doesn't support 5.3 any longer, most things will still
> >work).  Using packages with pkg_add -r is an *alternative* to
> >compiling yourself using the ports system, and there's no point in
> >updating your ports collection if you're not going to use it.
>=20
> Is there a way to update to 5.4 that doesn't involve reinstalling? =20
> Everything I can find about it makes it seem like a very complex process.=
 =20
> If someone can point me to some step-by-step docs, I would appreciate it.=
 =20
> (Yes, I have looked all over the freebsd site, and I don't see anything=
=20
> that is plain and simple instructions).

It's explained in detail in the handbook.

Kris

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