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Date:      Fri, 6 Dec 2002 17:46:09 +1030
From:      Ian Moore <imoore@picknowl.com.au>
To:        Marc Silver <marc.silver@uk.easynet.net>
Cc:        Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Upgrading kde with ports
Message-ID:  <200212061746.09188.imoore@picknowl.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20021203104255.GE8629@uk.easynet.net>
References:  <200212031742.08113.imoore@picknowl.com.au> <20021203104255.GE8629@uk.easynet.net>

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On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 21:12, Marc Silver wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> You could use /usr/ports/sysytils/portupgrade to do this... and as far
> as I know it can use packages instead of source... :)
>
> Good luck,
> Marc
>
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 05:42:08PM +1030, Ian Moore wrote:
> > If I want to upgrade kde 3.0.3 to 3.0.5 using the packages, rather
> > than compiling from ports, what is the best way to do it?  I've
> > cvsup'ed my ports tree last night and downloaded all the packages fro=
m
> > ftp.kde Is there some way to upgrade to the new packages and all thei=
r
> > dependencies in the same way that the ports system would upgrade
> > dependencies automatically?

Thanks,
I did that & work liked like a dream - portupgrade is quite awesome!
I hadn't realised it could work with packages as well as ports.

Cheers,
Ian

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