Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 23:53:40 -0400 From: Chiang Seng Chang <cs@ctzen.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade a port Message-ID: <4089E4C4.4090103@ctzen.com> In-Reply-To: <44isfq1gb8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <002301c42946$4207bf30$2804320a@cchang> <20040423154505.GA8710@rucus.ru.ac.za> <40897901.7050103@ctzen.com> <16521.34609.737928.742170@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <44isfq1gb8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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exactly what i am looking for, thx. -cs Lowell Gilbert wrote: > 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> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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