Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:03:33 +0400 (GST) From: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: How did upgrading applications happen before portupgrade etc? Message-ID: <20070811115642.L34115@obelix.home.rakhesh.com>
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Hi, Just a question that struck me today. Before there were the portupgrade and other tools for upgrading installed applications to their newer versions, how did things work out? Did one upgrade applications through a series of "make deinstall reinstall" commands (I wonder if these commands take care of dependencies too) or was there any other way? I happened to be reading up on how pkgsrc packages are upgraded. And it seemed to be sooo complicated. (See this link for some info: http://wiki.netbsd.se/How_to_upgrade_packages). The ports system never appeared so complicated to me, which is when it struck to inquire how things were before portupgrade and other wonderful third party tools came into place ... Thanks, Rakhesh
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