Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 08:07:43 -0500 (CDT) From: gLaNDix <glandix@lloydix.2y.net> To: <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: newbie question about ports Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0107010801450.13233-100000@lloydix.2y.net>
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Sorry about the "newbie-ish" questions, but I haven't found anything that addresses the following questions very thoroughly. I come from about a 5-year linux background, but am *very* close to making the plunge to FreeBSD, probably as soon as these are answered... 1.) When you use cvsup to update the ports tree, does that update the ports to the level of the kernel (ie: are the ports -RELEASE quality, or are they -STABLE/-CURRENT quality?) 2.) Let's say I have foobar-1.0 installed from the ports collection. A few days later foobar-1.2 comes out. Can I upgrade to 1.2 by first updating the ports tree (atleast for foobar) and running 'make install'? Or will this cause the same potential problem downloading the "non-port" source and installing it on top of the original port install? (ie: will this leave extra files laying around, or does it automatically take care of that problem?) Thanks a lot! Jesse Kaufman <<< Linux lloydix 2.4.5 #2 Sun Jun 10 21:09:18 CDT 2001 i586 unknown >>> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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