From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 31 2:51:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-63-207-60-69.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [63.207.60.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D1E937B401 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 02:51:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 263F666B39; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 02:51:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 02:51:30 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Morsal Roudbay Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading a port Message-ID: <20010731025130.A25609@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20010731113845.A90101@zigman.2y.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010731113845.A90101@zigman.2y.net>; from morsal@swipnet.se on Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 11:38:45AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 11:38:45AM +0200, Morsal Roudbay wrote: > Hi! > I have a question regarding upgrading ports... >=20 > I am about to install a new version of samba.. but I have the previous > version installed. Since I upgraded my ports collection I cant use make > deinstall no more... So the question is, is it ok to just install a new > version on top of the old? Nope, that will leave orphaned files lying around. > What should I do if I want to remove an old > installed port when the port in my portscollection is newer?=20 Use the portupgrade port to automagically do the upgrading. Kris --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7Zn+hWry0BWjoQKURAg8uAKDJ5wXCVw9+Wou6S6jvy9foesF8TgCgp740 gpF+jWQp++5dj5VptW1RDHM= =VTWb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message