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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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