From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 11 08:04:14 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF7B116A421 for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:04:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rakheshster@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7768713C467 for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:04:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rakheshster@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so364166nfb for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:04:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:x-x-sender:to:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-type:from:sender; b=czdyge35kDXsxeHzWcAINkSZ1LRFed+Y7SGb+nh8h8Kune/XBCiB2jUxVOvjs84L7cAkcAlkWvZ9oO+/eVpRkK+diEjpy7Kdudasas8TTlAvt3jolUl7W9SygbWkgbPqPQ3ZQJOvBO4vpV/cpuwwbFh61nvsQKZ6VabbCVwvVxk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:x-x-sender:to:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-type:from:sender; b=gP9G9CiKGEqjX+j+S7vSVIMBk5TBPXvZGfpi6sawmsP4Rp0y2xBoeGvYkDSJ8+bTIpSmykApVWpAC/BsB5AaXbyQOGn+XO4GO94frNCX/94JoUN4eZ5Tx/SO4OKwt0usZLUxU1s2hs1qCEy92YRbYBNKtCqItmCLqnpS9M1dXt8= Received: by 10.78.142.14 with SMTP id p14mr1566489hud.1186819448113; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:04:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.home.rakhesh.com ( [82.178.137.21]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z29sm1160379hub.2007.08.11.01.04.05 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:04:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obelix.home.rakhesh.com (obelix.home.rakhesh.com [192.168.17.13]) by smtp.home.rakhesh.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EEA45080A for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:03:33 +0400 (GST) Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:03:33 +0400 (GST) X-X-Sender: rakhesh@obelix.home.rakhesh.com To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070811115642.L34115@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: Rakhesh Sasidharan Sender: Rakhesh Sasidharan Subject: How did upgrading applications happen before portupgrade etc? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:04:15 -0000 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