From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 19 14: 0:25 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 14:00:23 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from itouch.co.nz (itouch.co.nz [203.99.66.188]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F418C37B400 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:00:22 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by itouch.co.nz (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBJM08g53312; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:00:08 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:00:08 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: fpassera@freesurf.fr Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to upgrade Apache using ports Message-ID: <20001220110008.D52346@itouchnz.itouch> References: <20001219170822.B546138328@mail.freesurf.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001219170822.B546138328@mail.freesurf.fr>; from fpassera@freesurf.fr on Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 05:08:21PM +0000 Sender: jonc@itouch.co.nz Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 05:08:21PM +0000, fpassera@freesurf.fr wrote: > > Hello, > > I run Apache-1.3.12 under FreeBSD4.0. I wish to upgrade Apache (not > FreeBSD) to apache-1.3.14. What is the best approach : > * delete package apache-1.3.12 and install package-1.3.14 ? > OR > * install package-1.3.14 without uninstalling the package apache-1.3.12. make the new apache. pkg_delete the old apache. make install the new apache. I've done this a couple of times, and it appears to work fine. The pkg_delete doesn't remove the configuration file or the DocumentRoot. However, I'd adivce you to take a copy of /usr/local/etc/apache just in case. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're right 90% of the time, why quibble about the remaining 3%? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message