From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Feb 18 15:41:19 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from otis.netspace.net.au (oldotis.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.190]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CF1111C0C for ; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:40:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gcross@netspace.net.au) Received: from whirlwind.netspace.net.au (whirlwind.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.70]) by otis.netspace.net.au (8.9.1/8.9.1/NS) with ESMTP id KAA10085; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:40:28 +1100 (EST) Received: from torrent (netspace.net.au [203.10.110.194]) by whirlwind.netspace.net.au (8.9.1/8.9.1/NS) with SMTP id KAA10553; Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:42:51 +1100 (EST) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:42:41 +1100 (EST) From: Graeme Cross X-Sender: gcross@torrent To: Matt Meola Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port upgrade check/report tool In-Reply-To: <199902182208.PAA09529@ima2wk6.ima2> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Matt Meola wrote: > Well, it seems that we've been going in parallel paths; I've written a > Python script to do essentially the same thing, 'cept that it will go > ahead and build/install the necessary ports as well. > > The only thing is, making a port will install over an older version, > yet the pkg stuff for the old version remains in /var/db/pkg/. So, is > it proper to do a "make deinstall" before the "make all install"? How will that cope with ports that are installed and rely on the port you are about to "make deinstall"? Cheers Greame -- Graeme Cross gcross@netspace.net.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message