Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 11:58:46 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Brent <brent@kearneys.ca> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: upgrading ports packages Message-ID: <19991121115846.D48139@daemon.ninth-circle.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911202327110.5602-100000@ThePalace.kearneys.ca> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911202327110.5602-100000@ThePalace.kearneys.ca>
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-On [19991121 10:52], Brent (brent@kearneys.ca) wrote: > >If I CVSup'd my ports tree, and there are new versions of software I have >installed, what is the best way to upgrade? Will "make install" just >overwrite the old version? > >"make deinstall" won't work, because the versions are different. ls /var/db/pkg will show the registered packages. pkg_delete [name from /var/db/pkg] will deinstall the package. Then you can install the new one. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; Network/Security Specialist BSD: Technical excellence at its best Learn e-mail netiquette: http://www.lemis.com/email.html Quoth the raven, "Nevermore!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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