From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 23 23:55:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA19555 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 23:55:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from askas.co.za ([196.7.216.242]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA19550 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 23:55:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rudi@askas.co.za) Received: from askas.co.za(mirror[196.7.216.244]) (1103 bytes) by askas.co.za via sendmail with P:esmtp/R:bind_hosts/T:inet_zone_bind_smtp (sender: ) id for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 10:00:06 +0200 (SAST) (Smail-3.2.0.101 1997-Dec-17 #1 built 1998-Mar-22) Message-ID: <365A6730.FC11EC7D@askas.co.za> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 09:58:41 +0200 From: Mirror Beastie X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Ports Question References: <000f01be1767$4aad6320$652ed7d1@bryanbun.bhm.bellsouth.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bryan Bunch wrote: > > After you have installed a port and notice that there is a updated version > in ports-current, what is the best way to upgrade? ...[snip].. > Do you remove the old work directory in the ports tree, then do a make > install? I was also wondering about this - normally i mirror the ports collection i want over the older collection, then do reinstall what i want to upgrade I have a feeling that this is not the correct way to go Any reccomendations ? tia rudi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message