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Date:      Tue, 31 Jul 2001 04:02:54 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Morsal Roudbay <morsal@swipnet.se>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: upgrading a port
Message-ID:  <20010731040254.A28232@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010731121544.A98758@zigman.2y.net>; from morsal@swipnet.se on Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 12:15:44PM %2B0200
References:  <20010731113845.A90101@zigman.2y.net> <20010731025130.A25609@xor.obsecurity.org> <20010731121544.A98758@zigman.2y.net>

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On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 12:15:44PM +0200, Morsal Roudbay wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 02:51:30AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > 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 ma=
ke
> > > deinstall no more... So the question is, is it ok to just install a n=
ew
> > > version on top of the old?
> >=20
> > Nope, that will leave orphaned files lying around.
> >=20
> > > What should I do if I want to remove an old
> > > installed port when the port in my portscollection is newer?=20
> >=20
> > Use the portupgrade port to automagically do the upgrading.
> >=20
> > Kris
>=20
> orphanes files, is that the only downside?

Well, that and the old port is still registered, so it clutters up the
system a bit.  Just use portupgrade, it's quite trivial.

Kris


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