From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Dec 5 02:37:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA12198 for ports-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 02:37:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports) Received: from bb-prg.eunet.cz (bb-prg.eunet.cz [193.85.1.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA12193 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 02:36:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Martin.Machacek@eunet.cz) Received: from kamna.eunet.cz (kamna.eunet.cz [193.85.255.30]) by bb-prg.eunet.cz (8.8.6.EUnet/EUnet-CZ) with SMTP id LAA29610 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:36:56 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <199712051036.LAA29610@bb-prg.eunet.cz> Received: (qmail 13222 invoked from network); 5 Dec 1997 10:36:54 -0000 Received: from woody.eunet.cz (HELO eunet.cz) (@193.85.255.60) by kamna.eunet.cz with SMTP; 5 Dec 1997 10:36:54 -0000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: upgrading installed packages Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 11:36:54 +0100 From: Martin Machacek Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Is there any easy way how to upgrade already installed packages to current versions? I know how to CVSup ports, how to install ports but I dont' know how to upgrade a package to newer version (e.g. to something-1.1) without first deleting the old old version (e.g. something 1.0). The version numbers seem to be part of the name of the package. I agree that it might be in some situation usefull to keep the old version and install new version next to it. Actually the pkg_add command does not handle this situation well for many packages either (particalarly if the newer version uses same names for executables as the old version). Am I missing something? BTW, are there any plans to move to RedHat package manager? It appears to me as a good idea since rpm seems to work just fine and IMHO offers better functionality than native FreeBSD pkg commands. Cheers, -- Martin Machacek [Internet CZ, Zirovnicka 6/3133, 106 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic] [phone: +420 2 24245624 fax: +420 2 24316598] [PGP KeyID 00F9E4BD]