From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Sep 29 22:10:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA23186 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 22:10:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt053nb4.san.rr.com (dt053nb4.san.rr.com [204.210.34.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA23178 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 22:10:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt053nb4.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA01142; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 22:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <3611BD2A.6EC4C065@dal.net> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 22:10:02 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE-0929 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Omar Thameen CC: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading a port References: <19980930001813.A5212@clifford.inch.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Omar Thameen wrote: > > When you upgrade a port from one version to another, is there > a proper way to do it which removes the old version and installs > the new, preserving your config files? Depends on what you're upgrading. Sometimes I delete the package before I install the new one, sometimes I just install over it and delete the old directory in /var/db/pkg. If you're unsure about this, just use one of the below methods to delete the package first. As far as I can tell, there is no difference between the two methods. > While I'm at it, what's the difference between "make deinstall" > in the port directory and pkg_delete? Good luck, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message