From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 26 6:42:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hecky.it.northwestern.edu (hecky.acns.nwu.edu [129.105.16.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C34537B6CB for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 06:42:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from djkanter@nwu.edu) Received: (from mailnull@localhost) by hecky.it.northwestern.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA25074 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 08:42:16 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (coconut-6-028026.nuts.nwu.edu [165.124.28.26]) by hecky.acns.nwu.edu via smap (V2.0) id xma025042; Sun, 26 Mar 00 08:42:00 -0600 Received: (from david@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA73407 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 08:41:58 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from david) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 08:41:58 -0600 From: David Kanter To: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: Question on updating a port Message-ID: <20000326084158.A73285@localhost.localdomain> References: <20000325214818.A58580@localhost.localdomain> <20000326112654.A234@parish> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000326112654.A234@parish>; from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 11:26:54AM +0100 X-Organization: Northwestern University X-Operating-System: FreeBSD localhost.localdomain 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 11:26:54AM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 09:48:18PM -0600, David Kanter wrote: > > How do I interpret the cvsup log file to determine whether a newer version > > of an installed port is available? > > > > pkg_version(1). Use the ``-v'' option. ---end quoted text--- That brings up another question: how can I safely get rid of older programs when multiple versions exist? Here's a sample from pkg_version -v: libslang-1.2.2,1.4.0 ? multiple versions (index has 1.4.0) But if I try to pkg_delete the older version, I get: pkg_delete: package libslang-1.2.2' is required by these other packages and may not be deinstalled: slrn-0.9.5.7 jed-0.98.7 Is there a way to get rid of the older versions and tell those dependent programs to use the newer version? -- David Kanter djkanter@nwu.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message