Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 16:04:41 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: cravey@hal-pc.org (Stephen P. Cravey) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading ports and existing programs Message-ID: <199910312104.QAA66213@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <v04003a05b44247ccca60@[206.180.128.41]> from "Stephen P. Cravey" at "Oct 31, 1999 01:43:04 pm"
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Stephen P. Cravey wrote, > 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)? No. > 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? The ports tree has nothing to do with installed, running software. If the program works now, it will operate in the exact same manner. It is analogous to CVSup'ing the FreeBSD source tree. Nothing on the running system is changed until you 'make world'. > Do I need to worry about a new version of a port not working on my > 3.1-stable system? Most ports should work fine across all 3.x systems. Most will even be fine for 2.2.8. > Will cron-ing a ports cvsup cause any problems for installed programs? > upgrading or removing them? No. Well, that is not true. When version numbers change, you will not be able to 'make deinstall' a port. However, this is easily worked around by doing a 'pkg_delete <portname>'. > basically, how the heck do I do this without messing up my system? CVSup'ing the ports tree cannot mess anything up until you go into a port and type 'make <target>'. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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