From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 24 15:56:14 2004 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 45F2016A6A1 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:56:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from post5.inre.asu.edu (post5.inre.asu.edu [129.219.110.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1004643D31 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:56:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from David.Bear@asu.edu) Received: from conversion.post5.inre.asu.edu by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1-1X6 #30769) id <0I4J00D01YNJ0C@asu.edu> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:50:07 -0700 (MST) Received: from smtp.asu.edu (smtp.asu.edu [129.219.110.107]) <0I4J00BJBYNFVH@asu.edu>; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:50:07 -0700 (MST) Received: from moroni.pp.asu.edu (moroni.pp.asu.edu [129.219.69.200]) (8.12.10/8.12.10/asu_smtp_relay,nullclient,tcp_wrapped) with ESMTP id i8OFns71017261; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:49:54 -0700 (MST) Received: by moroni.pp.asu.edu (Postfix, from userid 500) id A1604EE4; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:48:50 -0700 (MST) Received: from post1.inre.asu.edu (post1.inre.asu.edu [129.219.110.72]) by moroni.pp.asu.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h2IH2Hq23169 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:02:18 -0700 Received: from conversion.post1.inre.asu.edu by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1 #40110) id <0HBY00701FBSUL@asu.edu> for iddwb@moroni.pp.asu.edu (ORCPT David.Bear@asu.edu); Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:02:16 -0700 (MST) Received: from cordis.lu (mail.cordis.lu [212.190.217.57]) by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1 #40110) with ESMTP id <0HBY00KUDFBRVE@asu.edu> for iddwb@moroni.pp.asu.edu (ORCPT David.Bear@asu.edu); Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:02:16 -0700 (MST) Received: from mailsvr.intrasoft.lu (mail.intrasoft.lu [212.190.217.251]) by cordis.lu (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id h2II9l61021764; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:09:47 +0100 Received: by mail.intrasoft.lu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) id ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:59:56 +0100 Received: from [212.190.217.220] (212.190.217.220 [212.190.217.220]) by mailsvr.intrasoft.lu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2656.59) id H1F1TV7Q; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:59:51 +0100 Content-return: allowed From: CARTER Anthony In-reply-to: <20030318095553.F18308@asu.edu> To: dwbear75@gmail.com Message-id: <1048007217.44428.114.camel@intra241.intrasoft.lu> Organization: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Old-To: David.Bear@asu.edu Lines: 29 References: <20030318095553.F18308@asu.edu> cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_upgrade ? 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: , Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:56:14 -0000 X-Original-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 18:06:57 +0100 X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:56:14 -0000 Nope. pkgdb -F fixes the package database and removes old entries... Anthony On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 17:55, David Bear wrote: > I've been searching the handbook and can't seem to find what I'm > looking for regarding upgrading a port. I know there is > portupgrade... which I'd like to avoid because I don't want to install > ruby as well. > > I do have cvsup installed, and can run cvsup to update my ports > collection. My question is if I already have a package installed, > running cvsup, the make install again for a preexisting port will mess > up the pkg-data base right? So, if I only want to upgrade a single > port, is the recommended way > > 1) pkg_deinstall > 2) cvsup ports collection > 3) pkg_install again (or make install) > > This seems rather poor as I don't want to have all the downtime > between deinstalling and installing again. > > If I cvsup ports and then make install, is there a fix to update the > pkg data base?