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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 01:32:47 +0200
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com>
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Subject: Re: Upgrading packages
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On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:15:53 -0500, Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> Probably a long time discussed question:
> Updating a system is (or can be) done with freebsd-update.
> What is the suggested way of upgrading packages (not ports)?

There's at least portupgrade with the -P option that forces the
use of packages. You can as well use pkg_add to perform an
"upgrade-like" action, but you'll have to take care for more
things manually.



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Polytropon
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