From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 22 10:36: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from uswgne6.uswc.uswest.com (uswgne6.uswest.com [204.26.87.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44D1F10FDB for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:35:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mmeola@ima2wk6.uswc.uswest.com) Received: from egate.mnet.uswest.com (mailgate.uswc.uswest.com [151.119.130.8]) by uswgne6.uswc.uswest.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA01457 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:36:36 -0600 (CST) Received: from ima2wk6.ima2 (ima2wk6.uswc.uswest.com [151.116.151.207]) by egate.mnet.uswest.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA17936 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:35:40 -0700 (MST) Received: from ima2wk6.uswc.uswest.com by ima2wk6.ima2 (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA22585; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:35:37 -0700 Message-Id: <199902221835.LAA22585@ima2wk6.ima2> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 From: Matt Meola To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port upgrade check/report tool In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:35:37 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Matt Meola wrote: > > > Well, it seems that we've been going in parallel paths; I've written a > > Python script to do essentially the same thing, 'cept that it will go > > ahead and build/install the necessary ports as well. > > > > The only thing is, making a port will install over an older version, > > yet the pkg stuff for the old version remains in /var/db/pkg/. So, is > > it proper to do a "make deinstall" before the "make all install"? > > How will that cope with ports that are installed and rely on the port you > are about to "make deinstall"? Darn good question. Perhaps I ought to concentrate instead on a script which would look for "old" ports and optionally hack them off the hard drive... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message