From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 3 16: 5:22 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A5F737B401 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:05:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [63.93.4.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5561043ED4 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:05:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0405DeH033427; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 17:05:13 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with ESMTP id h040574f033424; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 17:05:12 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 17:05:07 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Danny Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updating Pico & Pine In-Reply-To: <003901c2b341$1a45e6b0$7801a8c0@afi> Message-ID: <20030103170228.E33379@wonkity.com> References: <003901c2b341$1a45e6b0$7801a8c0@afi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Danny wrote: > On a FreeBSD 4.3R major production system. Recommended steps to > upgrade *without* 'portupgrade' and do you see any implications? E.g. > address books, config settings, etc. > > Current version is 4.21. I just upgraded to 4.51. My dependencies were all messed up, so I pkg_deleted cclient and the old pine, used pkgdb -F to fix, and then installed the new Pine from ports. No problems with old mail or settings, at least that I've noticed. (Why don't you want to use portupgrade?) -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message