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Date:      31 Oct 1999 19:23:43 -0500
From:      Kevin Street <street@iname.com>
To:        J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        Kevin Street <street@iname.com>, "Stephen P. Cravey" <cravey@hal-pc.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Upgrading ports and existing programs
Message-ID:  <87wvs383g0.fsf@mired.eh.local>
In-Reply-To: J McKitrick's message of "Sun, 31 Oct 1999 22:19:17 %2B0000 (GMT)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9910312218250.30402-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> writes:

> I thought the pkg commands were just for binary only packages, not ports?

pkg_add is only for packages, but when you `make install' a port it
registers itself in /var/db/pkg so you can use pkg_delete or pkg_info.

-- 
Kevin Street
street@iname.com


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