Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 08:37:09 +0100 From: Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@scotty.masternet.it> To: fp_rover@lglobus.ru Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how should ports be updated Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20000112083324.00a91240@194.184.65.4> In-Reply-To: <20000112081118.C21596@fly.lglobus.ru> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001112355300.61037-100000@server.b0x.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001112355300.61037-100000@server.b0x.com>
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At 12/01/00, you wrote: >On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 11:57:48PM +0000, admin wrote: > > I currently have a few ports installed, some of which should be updated > > now. I have run cvsup to update the ports tree, but I am unsure of the > > proper procedure to update a currently installed application without > > causing too much havoc. > >1. cvsup >2. make new port >3. pkg_delete old port >4. make install new port 5. cross fingers. The port you are removing probably was used to build another port (especially the lib and the devel tool), so check the dependency and repeat the step 2-4 also for the port which rely on this (even if it is the last version) Best Regards, Gianmarco Giovannelli , "Unix expert since yesterday" http://www.giovannelli.it/~gmarco http://www2.masternet.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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