From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 23 17:54:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83E6F106564A; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:54:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f54.google.com (mail-pw0-f54.google.com [209.85.160.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 508E08FC17; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:54:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj4 with SMTP id 4so5058931pwj.13 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:54:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=rIVD1SajjsXbifdPDzvl9ipjaFb1ve4E7Go5fAdWoGA=; b=xrIURGexlapKLkNiEEuF+tS/End7pFuLrYeIF0aFu1rgftGEqBQL1nWtC+GliVfSX3 a8pOKxI/aP/lj0VKPrhIrLamcM3ijSeLX+0sh8Og4VnReB/bSKIhHZshyXBPeyiTyhZl ouI46cgmyA4CGG6XNG4zBrFGgG67g/7h4EX5E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=k9TbdnnrfbD+hTFIFglexHiv1gvF/Ab0Eicy4idCPWHtCn35HdqNPHzjxQMC2I7kN8 /8lbGg1b8QwEaujRSIM7sPzpWlb8G3xVF0UkCOXsN/RIO93+9BR0jEbgEy1kqM4rEAHw Q8a7dd0UTnhc0hZPwTZ3Hj5D7LFW/3kpN4bo0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.141.53.5 with SMTP id f5mr4149891rvk.178.1269366859131; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:54:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BA8FAD7.6000902@collaborativefusion.com> References: <4BA893B0.90608@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <785019.20087.qm@web30804.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4BA8F34A.5040908@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4BA8FAD7.6000902@collaborativefusion.com> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:54:19 -0700 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenOffice 3.2 fails to build on FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE/amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:54:21 -0000 On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Sean McAfee < smcafee@collaborativefusion.com> wrote: > O. Hartmann wrote: > >> As I mentioned, I did not and I can't risk deinstalling the working OO >> first and then installing and probably a failing OO 3.2. >> >> Regards, >> >> O. Hartmann >> > > You can use `pkg_create -b name_of_port-with_version` to create a binary > backup. If you can't get 3.2 installed, you just run pkg_add on the > resulting tbz and you're back in business. > > I do this whenever I upgrade OO, Firefox, Thunderbird, or anything other > program I can't wait around for while I freshly compile. portmaster and portupgrade both include a -b switch as well, which will create a backup package before uninstalling the port to install the new version. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com