Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 00:57:32 +0900 From: "R. Lahaye" <lahaye@users.sourceforge.net> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: scigraphica-0.7.0 Message-ID: <3B54606B.DA194EA@users.sourceforge.net> References: <3B531569.2CD5F82B@users.sourceforge.net> <3B53D914.F11E911A@FreeBSD.org> <3B53DFF1.F6F775D5@users.sourceforge.net> <3B540B98.DCE215A9@FreeBSD.org> <3B54115C.6E8CF1B2@users.sourceforge.net> <3B541487.37C8D01A@FreeBSD.org>
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Maxim Sobolev wrote:
>
> "R. Lahaye" wrote:
>
> > In a nutshell once again:
> >
> > I create a file "/some/directory/ports-supfile",
> > add the above lines in it. Then call
> >
> > # cvsup -L2 /some/directory/ports-supfile
> >
> > Is that 100 percent save?
>
> Yes, it is safe. This should not touch any source or system files - only update
> content of /usr/ports.
Thanks, I've done that. Woow, downloaded a whole lot of stuff.
I'm now pondering: If I install an updated port once again, does that
require any preparations to avoid cluttering of old installed files?
1) Can I provide a special argument for updating, such as "make update"
or so, that would perform something like:
# pkg_delete some_software-[present installed version]
# make
# make install // install updated version
In linux-rpm-language that would say "rpm -U <updated_rpm_file.rmp>",
which removes the old ones, and replaces that with the updated RPM.
2) If a newly updated software-port requires port_foo-1.5, but I have an older
port_foo-1.1, then what will happen?
Will I end up with both port_foo's installed, or does the make automagically
remove the old one and install the new one on the fly.
I'm just worried that by doing all those make's when updating the ports, that I will
end up with more and more piles of cluttered files from outdated ports.
Please bear in mind that I'm a FreeBSD user for little over a week now (coming from
Linux). I'm still trying to figure out how FBSD software is organized.
Thanks for your help. I appreciate that very much!
Best regards,
Rob.
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