Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 03:41:58 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Juha Saarinen' <juha_saarinen@email.msn.com>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Ports and upgrading Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D7A@site2s1>
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Well.... > -----Original Message----- > From: Juha Saarinen [SMTP:juha_saarinen@email.msn.com] > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 6:48 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG > Subject: Ports and upgrading > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > OK, I've survived the installation and kernel recompile thing, and > now have FreeBSD 3.3-Release running on my main server here :-). > > I've also discovered cvsup to update the ports collection (might make > a cron job out of that actually). However... if I have installed say > Samba 2.0.5a (which I have) and would like to upgrade that to 2.0.6, > what would be the best procedure? Just to hack the Makefile to make > it point to 2.0.6 and make the new version, or should I do make > deinstall first? > Wait for the port to be updated. It's not just a matter of hacking make files, there are patches associated as well as other settings. If you're impatient. Download the source code and compile it yourself, bypassing the ports collection all together. Although, an update to something like samba should make it into the collection fairly quickly. As for replacing the old one. The commonly accepted way of doing this is the following. 1. make all, the new port, don't install. So you know it compiles. 2. Remove the old port with pkg_delete. 3. make install, the new port. 4. (Optional) make clean. > I'd also like to install KDE 1.1.2 somehow, but the port is only > 1.1.1. KDE is split into heaps of different files, so I'm wondering > where to start here. (Apologies if this is apparent by reading the > Makefile or something.) > Now I know you haven't updated your ports with cvsup, either that or you haven't looked since updating. Because KDE 1.1.2 has been in there for a while. > Wish I had made /usr bigger or put /usr/ports onto a separate > partition... 87% full already. > Tell me about it. If it's a problem symlink /usr/ports/disfiles to a dir on a larger partition. Also, make sure you are doing a make clean after each port is installed. > Regards, > > - -- Juha > > ________________________________ > > * Juha Saarinen > * Contributing Editor > * IDG > * juha_saarinen@idg.com > *** > "Please adjust your sig > to something more of a > corporate nature." > -- Chris Keall > ________________________________ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.2 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; > > iQEVAwUBOCpwMHyiLKB2cGw1AQFtAwf/Z70bcQ27t+dee2yfBcIzYX/bmUvpW/Pi > kCeUx5l5AQpGZZdUD6gluWjUrrm1+YKIkdfYqkcJDdBkdY8oSInzFvCGhZVu1PUJ > pz+C2OapTDbnTg2LlvuXvUznJxXa9Qk1opgWfgkMbt4z0ZS1yTTXTWfshwsUSyc7 > imd7ADEDKXiSWr5OON6eAGuoclFwqiG9aO/1qRtHZP85CtFXOdpQHA+koit8WbTQ > iRt/GC+ts7JzB3kiJLDrn1Xqa1bH37mdIBs4XPQx3/eFGkgQdCk672szke/9ZrFF > dYFHA5nr5HyPbZq6F95AZ8NBsK87yUc6JzQ+OBQrWGvNh/NppRK6Dw== > =4454 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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