Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 08:55:56 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading windowmaker via port collection Message-ID: <20010308085556.A9950@itouchnz.itouch> In-Reply-To: <20010307100240.A4494@polands.org>; from doug@polands.org on Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:02:41AM -0600 References: <20010307100240.A4494@polands.org>
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On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:02:41AM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running windowmaker 0.62.1 on FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE. I noticed the > port now points to 0.64.1 and would like to upgrade but have several questions. > > * If I use the port mechanism, do I use: make reinstall? No. Do a make on the windowmaker port, then # pkg_delete windowmaker-0.62.1 # make install > * Will this overwrite my personal configuration settings? No. > * Must I re-run wmaker.inst? No. > * Are there any other issues I need to be aware of? The actual name of your previously installed windowmaker port may vary, check the contents of /var/db/pkg for the canonical name. -- Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "A person should be able to do a small bit of everything, specialisation is for insects" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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