Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 18:32:15 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: stefan@mdy.univie.ac.at Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A few questions Message-ID: <25362.897010335@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 04 Jun 1998 17:29:52 %2B0600." <199806041529.RAA07414@alpha.mdy.univie.ac.at>
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> (1) Just to make sure: When I use pkg_add (or the ports collection) to > bring some of my installed stuff up to the most recent level, do older > versions of the software get automatically uninstalled? (Or is it safer > to do a pkg_delete followed by pkg_add first) You just pkg_delete and pkg_add them again; there is not (yet) any way to automatically upgrade packages. > (2) While the /usr/local/bin stuff is fairly clear, how do I go about upgrading the X-Windows system to 3.3.2? (either ports of packages, Reinstall it. :) > (3) How do I update the utilities in /stand (aside from sysinstall); or > is this truly not necessary? Not truly necessary, though if you really want to and have sources, you can upgrade sysinstall by going to /usr/src/release/sysinstall and doing a `make all install' as root. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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