Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:29:33 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updating a port with problems (libxml2) Message-ID: <20081017132933.1fe0bc9f@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20028504.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <20028504.post@talk.nabble.com>
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On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:01:09 -0700 (PDT) Colin Brace <cb@lim.nl> wrote: > $ cd /usr/ports/textproc/libxml2 > $ sudo make deinstall > $ sudo make reinstall clean > ... > It would appear that the port has not yet been updated. Is this some > temporary glitch? Otherwise, the approach I use is not very robust, > since I have now managed to deinstall a library upon which a dozen or > so programs depend. portupgrade builds before deinstalling, and creates a backup package in case the port builds but fails to install. BTW you don't need reinstall in the above case, it's only needed if you want to install twice without using the deinstall or clean targets in between. e.g. make install pkg_delete <package name of current port> make reinstall
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