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Date:      23 Apr 2004 18:26:51 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: upgrade a port
Message-ID:  <44isfq1gb8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <16521.34609.737928.742170@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
References:  <002301c42946$4207bf30$2804320a@cchang> <20040423154505.GA8710@rucus.ru.ac.za> <40897901.7050103@ctzen.com> <16521.34609.737928.742170@jerusalem.litteratus.org>

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Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> writes:

> Chiang Seng Chang writes:
> 
> >  portupgrade wont work because ver 22 was not installed in the
> >  first place.
> >  
> >  pkg_deinstall ver 21 wont work because there are dependencies.
> >  
> >  portinstall ver 22 wont work because ver 21 is there.
> >  
> >  how do i get out of this catch-22 ?
> 
> 	pkg_delete -f <old pkg>
> 	pkgdb -F				# just to be sure
> 	portinstall <new pkg>
> 
> 	(Crude, but effective.)

Slightly less crude would be something like 
portupgrade -o <new pkg> -f <old pkg>



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