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Date:      Wed, 2 Sep 2009 01:32:47 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Chris <racerx@makeworld.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upgrading packages
Message-ID:  <20090902013247.a040bda9.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <20090901171553.446cdfa5@chris.makeworld.com>
References:  <20090901171553.446cdfa5@chris.makeworld.com>

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On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:15:53 -0500, Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> Probably a long time discussed question:
> Updating a system is (or can be) done with freebsd-update.
> What is the suggested way of upgrading packages (not ports)?

There's at least portupgrade with the -P option that forces the
use of packages. You can as well use pkg_add to perform an
"upgrade-like" action, but you'll have to take care for more
things manually.



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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