Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:38:38 +1030 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Matt Meola <mmeola@uswest.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port upgrade check/report tool Message-ID: <XFMail.990219113838.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199902182208.PAA09529@ima2wk6.ima2>
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On 18-Feb-99 Matt Meola wrote: > The only thing is, making a port will install over an older version, > yet the pkg stuff for the old version remains in /var/db/pkg/. So, is > it proper to do a "make deinstall" before the "make all install"? Its a good idea.. Otherwise you can't properly remove the old port :) This means you don't get your system cluttered with fluff from old ports. It must be said that you don't always want to do it this way though.. eg GTK et al.. --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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