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Date:      Mon, 1 Jun 1998 14:20:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: what is a normal way to upgrade a package?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980601142009.15962l-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <87pvguubay.fsf@muon.xs4all.nl>

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On 31 May 1998, Peter Mutsaers wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering how I should upgrade a package.
> Example: when I want to upgrade xpm-3.4j to xpm-3.4k, I first have to
> remove 3.4j, because installing 3.4k will overwrite files from 3.4j
> (pity it doesn't automatically deinstall the old version and then
> install 3.4k, like Redhat's rpm's of debian's .deb packages do).

It's a pain, I know, I'm usually evil and install right over old versions
;)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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