Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 07:26:33 -0700 From: "PetBuilder" <petbuilder@mediaone.net> To: <fcash@bigfoot.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading Packages. Message-ID: <000701c14a85$12626a70$0100a8c0@home> References: <3BB7B101.6464.6740FED@localhost>
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Sorry, With regards to bind, I meant replace. I assumed that upgrading meant replacing the old program with the new, thereby "upgrading" the old with the new. I used this forum because I wanted to know how to upgrade "ports or packages" and was using bind as an example. I installed portupgrade and read the man pages but I could not figure it out to make it work. I'm am in the directory of ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.4-stable/All which contains the "bind-9.1.3.tgz" file. What would be the actual command line I would put in the replace the old version of bind with the new? Thanks You, Craig Rose Web-Zonic, Inc. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Freddie Cash" <fcash@bigfoot.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "PetBuilder" <petbuilder@mediaone.net> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 11:55 PM Subject: Re: Upgrading Packages. First, this is the wrong forum for asking technical questions. The correct forum would be freebsd-questions. However, this forum can be used to help you form the question or to figure out just which question to ask. :) This forum is mainly for newbies to gather and to discuss their joys/tribulations in using FreeBSD for various projects/reasons. Just an FYI for next time. :) > I am trying to do an upgrade of BIND to BIND 9.1.3. Are you trying to replace the BIND integrated into the FreeBSD base-system, or just want to add 9.1.3 to try out as a possible replacement? > I have a clean machine and I loaded FreeBSD 4.4 with a Minimal install > for a DNS machine. I want to upgrade the bind but I do not know how to > upgrade any packages without the ports already loaded on the system. Couple of different ways. However, first you have to define "upgrade": replace or add? > If I wanted to upgrade the package directly from the internet, how > would I go about it? As a general first rule of thumb, always check the man pages for help. :) If you don't know exactly which man page to check, try a search using "man -k <keyword>" man -k upgrade or man -k ports or man -k package would be very beneficial. :) As a quick shortcut: check the pkg_add man page. Note the -r option. As a quicker shortcut: consider adding the "portupgrade" package. Cheers, Freddie fcash@bigfoot.com > Any help would be grateful, > > Craig Rose > Web-Zonic, Inc. > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and > destroy all copies of the original message. > Linux is for people who hate Windows. FreeBSD is for people that like UNIX. -- unknown To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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