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Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 22:49:08 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Jason McKay <jasonm@barney.webace.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Apache
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On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Jason McKay wrote:

> I am currently running Apache 1.2b10, and would like to update to the
> latest 1.2.4 ...  I have downloaded the package off the FreeBSD web site.
> Is it safe to compile the package over the top of the old version, or
> should the old be removed first?

For safety, you should use pkg_delete to remove the previous version
(after backing up your config files of course), then pkg_add the new
version.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major