From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 2 17:59:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0A7016A4B3 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 17:59:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E09F43FD7 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 17:59:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from mail.messagingengine.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id B950225BFA1; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 20:57:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 10.202.2.150 ([10.202.2.150] helo=mail.messagingengine.com) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Thu, 02 Oct 2003 20:57:40 -0400 X-Epoch: 1065142660 X-Sasl-enc: UeaKgmyWB+Z33/A+fB1THQ Received: from sparky (dialup-67.74.72.92.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [67.74.72.92]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E6E251B9B; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 20:57:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 20:57:38 -0400 To: SoloCDM , "FreeBSD-Questions (Request)" References: <200310021459.h92Exhbn017254@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Message-ID: From: Jud In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera7.20/Win32 M2 build 3150 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. RedHat X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 00:59:53 -0000 On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 12:43:39 -0600 (MDT), SoloCDM wrote: [snip] > Is it possible to go from one distribution version to another (4.x to > 5.x) without entirely removing the old version? Do the upgrades with > the ports allow this possibility? A new install is usually considered to involve fewer problems than upgrading across major versions. Others will be able to give you more detail than I can about what's involved in such an upgrade. Upgrading within or across minor versions (make world and recompile kernel) is something I and many others do as a matter of routine every week or two (some folks have it automated). > Can packages and their dependencies be removed through a package that > does the uninstalling? There are several ways you can do this. There's pkg_delete for packages, 'make deinstall clean' for ports, and for deleting an older version of a port to replace it with a newer one, there's the intelligent and lovely 'portupgrade.' (The upgrade can be for one port, that port plus all dependencies, or even all your installed ports, just by setting various single-letter portupgrade options that are clearly spelled out in the man page.) Jud