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Date:      6 May 2000 18:42:28 +0200
From:      naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Updating software from the ports-collection
Message-ID:  <8f1i1k$ec5$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005061655160.753-100000@ilka.ncptiddische.net>

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Nils Holland <nils@nightcastleproductions.org> wrote:

> I can now normally build and install the new version, but I wonder
> what happens to the old version? Its files will be overwritten by
> the new version, so that whenever I use the software I use the new
> version. But will the old version remain marked as installed in
> FreeBSD's database?

Yes.

> I'm asking this question because I don't know if I should (for
> example) remove siag-3.2.0 before I install siag-3.3.3

You should.

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de



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