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Date:      Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:06:40 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        "E. J. Cerejo" <edinho64@netscape.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: portupgrade "--->  Backing up the old version"
Message-ID:  <20030415070640.GC62600@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <3E9BAD8C.3030806@netscape.net>
References:  <3E9BAD8C.3030806@netscape.net>

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On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:58:20AM -0400, E. J. Cerejo wrote:
> While using portupgrade I noticed before it deinstalls the old port it=20
> says something like "--->  Backing up the old version" and then it goes=
=20
> on deinstalling and installing the new version.  Where does this backup=
=20
> go?  I looked at the man page and it says something like /var/tmp but I=
=20
> went into that directory and there is nothing in there relating to a=20
> port back!  Does portupgrade delete that backup after the successful=20
> install of the new version?

Yes.

Kris

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