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From: James Lim <evilfry@sg.freebsd.org>
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To: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net>,
	Jeffrey Vehrs <jwvehrs@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Correct procedure to upgrade a port or package
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:45:20 +0800
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Hi

=09Check out /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade

Hope this helps


On the last episode Thursday 21 June 2001 20:28, Duke Normandin wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 07:20:14AM -0500, Jeffrey Vehrs wrote:
> > I was upgrading packages last nite automatically. Here's my
> > procedure:
> >
> > =091) type 'pkg_version -c >updateApps'
> > =092) edit updateApps
>
> Never done this, so what gets editted in 'updateApps'?
>
> > =093) su as root
> > =094) type 'sh updateApps' off you go
> >
> > It works well for me.
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 11:32:39AM +1000, BSD Freak wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I need to upgrade a package on some of our servers. I beleive
> > > the following is the correct procedure but can someone confirm
> > > or deny this, or offer a better way:
> > >
> > > pkg_delete mypackage-1.1
> > > pkg_add mypackage-1.4.tgz
> > >
> > > Is there a pkg_upgrade utility ??
> > >
> > > Thanks ....

- --=20
Regards,
James Lim
http://sg.freebsd.org | http://www.bsd-geeks.org
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