Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:35:08 +0200 From: Morsal Roudbay <morsal@swipnet.se> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading a port Message-ID: <20010731133508.A99300@zigman.2y.net> In-Reply-To: <20010731040254.A28232@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20010731113845.A90101@zigman.2y.net> <20010731025130.A25609@xor.obsecurity.org> <20010731121544.A98758@zigman.2y.net> <20010731040254.A28232@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 04:02:54AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > 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... > > > > > > > > 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 make > > > > deinstall no more... So the question is, is it ok to just install a new > > > > version on top of the old? > > > > > > Nope, that will leave orphaned files lying around. > > > > > > > What should I do if I want to remove an old > > > > installed port when the port in my portscollection is newer? > > > > > > Use the portupgrade port to automagically do the upgrading. > > > > > > Kris > > > > 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 Thanks Kris. :) I actually tested portupgrade before mailing this list and I guess it worked too well to be true. :D Cant I unregister it from the database through pkg_delete? Morsal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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