Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 21:55:57 -0700 From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading a port Message-ID: <38EC18DD.8AE5C4CD@gorean.org> References: <20000404101403.A76346@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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Stijn Hoop wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm new to this list so bear with me if this has been asked before, > but is there a quick way to 'upgrade' a port if its already installed? > E.g. I have gnumeric-0.50.0 installed, my ports tree is updated to > -0.51.0 (by way of cvsup), what's the quickest way to upgrade gnumeric? I usually do a 'make' in the new port directory, then when I'm satisfied it's ready to be installed I do 'pkg_delete old-port' and then 'make install'. Good luck, Doug -- "So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into existence? Is that possible?" asked the student incredulously. The master simply replied, "Mu." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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