Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:54:19 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenOffice 3.2 fails to build on FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE/amd64 Message-ID: <b269bc571003231054n49f63089macebd27336ca159a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BA8FAD7.6000902@collaborativefusion.com> References: <4BA893B0.90608@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <785019.20087.qm@web30804.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4BA8F34A.5040908@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4BA8FAD7.6000902@collaborativefusion.com>
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On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Sean McAfee < smcafee@collaborativefusion.com> wrote: > O. Hartmann wrote: > >> As I mentioned, I did not and I can't risk deinstalling the working OO >> first and then installing and probably a failing OO 3.2. >> >> Regards, >> >> O. Hartmann >> > > You can use `pkg_create -b name_of_port-with_version` to create a binary > backup. If you can't get 3.2 installed, you just run pkg_add on the > resulting tbz and you're back in business. > > I do this whenever I upgrade OO, Firefox, Thunderbird, or anything other > program I can't wait around for while I freshly compile. portmaster and portupgrade both include a -b switch as well, which will create a backup package before uninstalling the port to install the new version. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com
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