Date: 31 Oct 1999 15:33:00 -0500 From: Kevin Street <street@iname.com> To: "Stephen P. Cravey" <cravey@hal-pc.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading ports and existing programs Message-ID: <87zowz8e4j.fsf@mired.eh.local> In-Reply-To: "Stephen P. Cravey"'s message of "Sun, 31 Oct 1999 13:43:04 -0600" References: <v04003a05b44247ccca60@[206.180.128.41]>
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"Stephen P. Cravey" <cravey@hal-pc.org> writes: > I'd like to upgrade the versions of some of my installed programs from > ports. I can cvsup new ports, but before I do, I have a few questions. > > Are there several ports trees I can cvsup (ports-stable, ports-current, > ports-really-really-buggy)? There's just one ports tree -current. In cvsup I use: ports-all tag=. prefix=/usr > Do I need to 'make deinstall' all of the programs i've previeously > installed from the ports collection before I cvsup the new ports? After I > cvsup the new ports? at all? when? Only when you're about to do a `make install' of a new port. Then you should pkg_delete the old one. BTW `make deinstall' won't work unless the version of the new port is the same as the one installed, in which case you probably don't need to re-install it anyway. > Do I need to worry about a new version of a port not working on my > 3.1-stable system? Rarely. Only when the new port relies on a feature that's not present in 3.1. If it does it would usually fail in the `make all' so you'd know not to `make install'. Don't pkg_delete the old one until the make all has succeeded. > Will cron-ing a ports cvsup cause any problems for installed programs? > upgrading or removing them? No. It will update the ports tree in /usr/ports but not install any new ports until you `make install' one of them. > basically, how the heck do I do this without messing up my system? Should be no problem. Have fun. -- Kevin Street street@iname.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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