Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 14:20:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what is a normal way to upgrade a package? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980601142009.15962l-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <87pvguubay.fsf@muon.xs4all.nl>
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On 31 May 1998, Peter Mutsaers wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering how I should upgrade a package. > Example: when I want to upgrade xpm-3.4j to xpm-3.4k, I first have to > remove 3.4j, because installing 3.4k will overwrite files from 3.4j > (pity it doesn't automatically deinstall the old version and then > install 3.4k, like Redhat's rpm's of debian's .deb packages do). It's a pain, I know, I'm usually evil and install right over old versions ;) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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