From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 26 13:00:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4AAF1065679 for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 13:00:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jcigar@ulb.ac.be) Received: from smtp.ulb.ac.be (mxout.ulb.ac.be [164.15.128.111]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C1478FC26 for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 13:00:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jcigar@ulb.ac.be) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AugAAGtROkikD30E/2dsb2JhbAAIrCI Received: from bebif01.ulb.ac.be (HELO [10.0.0.194]) ([164.15.125.4]) by smtp.ulb.ac.be with ESMTP; 26 May 2008 15:00:05 +0200 From: Julien Cigar To: Gilles In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 17:07:50 +0200 Message-Id: <1211814470.2614.5.camel@frodon.be-bif.ulb.ac.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it safe to upgrade libraries? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 13:00:20 -0000 portmaster (or portupgrade) should handle this for you. don't forget to check /usr/ports/UPDATING before any updates. On Mon, 2008-05-26 at 14:47 +0200, Gilles wrote: > Hello > > When running "'pkg_version -v", I notice that some libraries are out > of date, such as the most important glib: > > glib-2.14.6 < needs updating (port has > 2.16.3) > > Before I go ahead and run "cd /usr/ports/devel/glib20 ; make ; make > install", I'd like to check what the recommended way is to upgrade > critical applications like this? > > As I connect remotely through SSH, I wouldn't want to break this box > and have to drive to the location because it won't run after the > upgrade. > > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- Julien Cigar Belgian Biodiversity Platform http://www.biodiversity.be Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Campus de la Plaine CP 257 Bâtiment NO, Bureau 4 N4 115C (Niveau 4) Boulevard du Triomphe, entrée ULB 2 B-1050 Bruxelles Mail: jcigar@ulb.ac.be @biobel: http://biobel.biodiversity.be/person/show/471 Tel : 02 650 57 52