Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 14:08:20 -0600 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, wm-user@windowmaker.org Subject: Re: Upgrading windowmaker via port collection Message-ID: <20010307140819.A4690@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <20010308085556.A9950@itouchnz.itouch> References: <20010307100240.A4494@polands.org> <20010308085556.A9950@itouchnz.itouch>
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On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 08:55:56AM +1300, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 10:02:41AM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm running windowmaker 0.62.1 on FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE. I noticed the > > port now points to 0.64.1 and would like to upgrade but have several questions. > > > > * If I use the port mechanism, do I use: make reinstall? > > No. Do a make on the windowmaker port, then > > # pkg_delete windowmaker-0.62.1 > # make install > > > * Will this overwrite my personal configuration settings? > > No. > > > * Must I re-run wmaker.inst? > > No. > > > * Are there any other issues I need to be aware of? > > The actual name of your previously installed windowmaker port may vary, > check the contents of /var/db/pkg for the canonical name. You gotta love that ports system, thank you very much! -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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