Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 06:34:58 -0000 From: Dave Cantrell <phaedrus@alltel.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading 4.8 to 4.9 question.... Message-ID: <200311270034.55449.phaedrus@alltel.net> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20031127003929.01e02930@pop.voyager.net> References: <200311201127.59090.pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au> <5.2.0.9.2.20031127003929.01e02930@pop.voyager.net>
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On Wed November 26 2003 23:41, Dragoncrest wrote: > Mergemaster is definately one way to do it, but I prefer > Portupgrade. It's much simpler as far as I'm concerned and does as good a > job as mergemaster with less thinking involved on the part of the user. :) > > At 12:43 AM 11/20/03 +0000, Lewis Thompson wrote: > >On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 11:27:59AM +1100, paul van den bergen wrote: > > > if I upgrade from 4.8 to 4.9, will I also have to upgrade (by whatever > > > method) the applications running on the box? I.e. those that are not > > > part of the src tree? > > > >Try man mergemaster. > Dragoncrest: I'm not sure you understand the difference between portupgrade and mergemaster...I suggest you read the man pages on both before advising someone else on the use of either. Paul: Lewis' advice on mergemaster is worth taking :) drc -- Dave Cantrell phaedrus@alltel.net Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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