Date: 19 Feb 1999 01:54:10 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Matt Meola <mmeola@uswest.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port upgrade check/report tool Message-ID: <xzpogmr8b7x.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Matt Meola's message of "Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:08:26 -0700" References: <19990218185752.EAVE3226200.mta2-rme@wocker> <199902182208.PAA09529@ima2wk6.ima2>
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Matt Meola <mmeola@uswest.com> writes: > 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"? To minimize breakage, a) do this in single-user mode (or with all users kicked off) b) make all c) remove the old version d) make install e) make clean DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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