Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 04:51:00 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: =?iso-8859-1?q?m=20p?= <sumirati@yahoo.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How I update installed ports Message-ID: <15222.20868.767874.803919@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <69685395@toto.iv>
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m p <sumirati@yahoo.de> types: > > Which is the correct way to update an installed port? > > update the src-tree, make reinstall I don't think this will do even vaguely the right things. > > update the src-tree, pkg_delete, make install Make it "make clean install", and this works quite well. It's pretty much what pkg_version -c does, only pkg_version -c does it in a way that won't remove the old version unless the new one builds properly. > And can some who have a good knowlegde about the porting/upgrading cyclus > please update the following entry in the FAQ: > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/applications.html#PORTS-UPDATE Other than mentioning that portupgrade exists, what needs to be done to it? It seems that the information in it is basically correct. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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