Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 17:04:38 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Christian Taylor <phazer@ns.sympatico.ca> Cc: Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports question Message-ID: <19991219170438.C323@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <NDBBLMNOHKHIPCJHGCKJCEDBCBAA.phazer@ns.sympatico.ca> References: <NDBBLMNOHKHIPCJHGCKJCEDBCBAA.phazer@ns.sympatico.ca>
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On Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 12:27:09PM -0400, Christian Taylor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question about ports/packages that's been bugging me for a while
> now. What happens when you want to UPGRADE a port or a package? For
> example, right now I have the port of pine 4.10 installed. I'd like to
> upgrade this to the latest port of pine 4.21. Do I need to uninstall the
> old port first? Or will the new port see that I had the old one installed,
> and upgrade it appropriatly? Basically, I don't want to have both 4.10 AND
> 4.21 installed. And this applies to any other ports as well, not just pine.
>
> I couldn't find this documented in the handbook anywhere, so if someone
> could clear this up for me, I'd really appreciate it!
>
pkg_delete(1) the current version, then ``make && make install'' the
new one. That will do what you want. pkg_delete(1) won't trash your rc
file in $HOME and neither will ``make install''
> -Christian
>
>
>
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