Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 00:30:27 -0600 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sorry for the newbie questions :( Message-ID: <41B7F103.2030802@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <20041208001246.GA77763@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <41B643E5.6080302@netual.pt> <20041208001246.GA77763@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: >> >>I read a lot about cvsup and other stuff, but it seems very confusing to >>me. I cannot understand the whole picture. >>My question is: how can i "import" a *single* port ? > > > You cannot do this safely, because how do you know which other "single > ports" must also be updated along with it in order for it to be > buildable? > I'm relatively new so please bear with me.... I have installed 5.3-RELEASE ... and did a 'make install clean' for all ports of interest. Then firefox and thunderbird (for example) came out with v1.0. So I did a 'make deinstall clean' for each. Downloaded the newest version of the contents of those directories from freebsd.org (using browser b4 I deinstalled and placed in temp dir) and copied it in there myself. The did a 'make install clean' for each. But... given your comments above... am I headed for disaster down the road if I continue to 'upgrade' ports in this fasion? Thanks, -- Regards, Eric
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