Date: 27 May 1999 21:49:42 +0200 From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Right way to upgrade a port Message-ID: <7ik7km$c6l$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> References: <XFMail.990526152048.cpiazza@home.net> <19990526171236.F917@fisicc-ufm.edu>
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Oscar Bonilla <obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu> wrote:
> I know! I've been bitten by it in the past. That's why I was posting.
> Maybe there should be an option (upgrade?) in the package/ports system
> that would do both, i mean deleting the old package without worring
> about dependencies and installing the new version... just a thought.
Move the /var/db/pkg/<port>/+REQUIRED_BY file to a safe place,
pkg_delete the port, install the new version, move +REQUIRED_BY back.
Note that if the port has sufficiently changed, the other ports
depending on it will then be *broken*.
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de
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