From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 4 14:18:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF4EA155E5 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 14:18:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 17:16:57 -0500 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D4C@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: "'Stephen P. Cravey'" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" Subject: RE: Upgrading ports and existing programs Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 17:20:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen P. Cravey [SMTP:cravey@hal-pc.org] > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 2:43 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Upgrading ports and existing programs > > 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)? > > 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? > Ok, this one answer I haven't seen yet in all of the replies. 1. What one would normally do is the following. 2. cvsup ports. 3. run "pkg_version" to find out which ports have been updated. (pkg_delete is also found in the ports collection.) 4. run a "make all" in the port so you know it will compile successfully. 5. "pkg_delete" the old version of the port. 6. run a "make install" in the port's directory. > Do I need to worry about a new version of a port not working on my > 3.1-stable system? > > Will cron-ing a ports cvsup cause any problems for installed programs? > upgrading or removing them? > > basically, how the heck do I do this without messing up my system? > > Thank you. > > -Stephen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message