Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 14:36:00 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remove old port before installing new one ... Message-ID: <20000309143600.B67430@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003082319580.591-100000@thelab.hub.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003082319580.591-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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On Wed 2000-03-08 (23:21), The Hermit Hacker wrote: > I got pointed to pkg_version the other day, and just love it .. have been > cleaning up my system ever since ... > > Just curious as to why this isn't used more though? For instance, why not > use it to check for an older version of the port and upgrade accordingly, > doing a pkg_delete on the old one before installing the new, if possible? It should be easy enough to set up some checking that'll fail a good 10-30% of the time. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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