Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 15:01:42 -0700 From: "Cheffo Izroda" <mujahidin@egypt.net> To: glandix@lloydix.2y.net Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newbie question about ports Message-ID: <200107012201.PAA15398@mail15.bigmailbox.com>
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On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, gLaNDix wrote:
> Sorry about the "newbie-ish" questions, but I haven't found anything that
> addresses the following questions very thoroughly. I come from about a
> 5-year linux background, but am *very* close to making the plunge to
> FreeBSD, probably as soon as these are answered...
>
> 1.) When you use cvsup to update the ports tree, does that update the
> ports to the level of the kernel (ie: are the ports -RELEASE quality, or
> are they -STABLE/-CURRENT quality?)
--- jsut read /usr/share.examples/cvsup/port-supfile -----
>
> 2.) Let's say I have foobar-1.0 installed from the ports collection. A
> few days later foobar-1.2 comes out. Can I upgrade to 1.2 by first
> updating the ports tree (atleast for foobar) and running 'make install'?
> Or will this cause the same potential problem downloading the "non-port"
> source and installing it on top of the original port install? (ie: will
> this leave extra files laying around, or does it automatically take care
> of that problem?)
>
> Thanks a lot!
> Jesse Kaufman
---------- Yes use portupgrade ( aslo in ports )
>
> <<< Linux lloydix 2.4.5 #2 Sun Jun 10 21:09:18 CDT 2001 i586 unknown >>>
>
>
-= Cheffo =-
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