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>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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 =- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200107012201.PAA15398>