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Date:      Mon, 19 Jan 1998 19:13:22 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>
To:        Matt Behrens <matt@megaweapon.zigg.com>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Upgrading a port
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980119190848.26398Y-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980119150515.18789A-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com>

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On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Matt Behrens wrote:

> What is the proper way to upgrade a port?  For example, to bring Apache
> from 1.2.4 to 1.2.5.  I have 1.2.5 built but am not sure quite what to
> issue to upgrade it.

For apache, cd to the www/apache port directory and...

  # kill `cat /var/run/httpd.pid`
  # pkg_delete apache-1.2.4
  # make install
  # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache.sh

Your carefully crafted configuration and data files will not be
touched.

-john




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