Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 04:02:54 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Morsal Roudbay <morsal@swipnet.se> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading a port Message-ID: <20010731040254.A28232@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010731121544.A98758@zigman.2y.net>; from morsal@swipnet.se on Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 12:15:44PM %2B0200 References: <20010731113845.A90101@zigman.2y.net> <20010731025130.A25609@xor.obsecurity.org> <20010731121544.A98758@zigman.2y.net>
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--AhhlLboLdkugWU4S Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 12:15:44PM +0200, Morsal Roudbay wrote: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 02:51:30AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 11:38:45AM +0200, Morsal Roudbay wrote: > > > Hi! > > > I have a question regarding upgrading ports... > > >=20 > > > I am about to install a new version of samba.. but I have the previous > > > version installed. Since I upgraded my ports collection I cant use ma= ke > > > deinstall no more... So the question is, is it ok to just install a n= ew > > > version on top of the old? > >=20 > > Nope, that will leave orphaned files lying around. > >=20 > > > What should I do if I want to remove an old > > > installed port when the port in my portscollection is newer?=20 > >=20 > > Use the portupgrade port to automagically do the upgrading. > >=20 > > Kris >=20 > orphanes files, is that the only downside? Well, that and the old port is still registered, so it clutters up the system a bit. Just use portupgrade, it's quite trivial. Kris --AhhlLboLdkugWU4S Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7ZpBeWry0BWjoQKURAgq7AJ9WiEgWSBxLuIJmCFzo0gJR9K8H9QCg43lG JqAvWylOhHNtpodk9NyrMpk= =0ofn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AhhlLboLdkugWU4S-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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