Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:11:30 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Eric Brunson <brunson@brunson.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade a binary package Message-ID: <20061214201130.GA96791@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <4581A9FD.1060301@brunson.com> References: <4581A9FD.1060301@brunson.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 12:46:05PM -0700, Eric Brunson wrote: > I've been searching the manual and the man pages, but I can't seem to > find a command to update an installed package to a newer version. I > always get a message like this: > > pkg_add: package 'expect-5.43.0_1' or its older version already installed > > I only find info on "pkg_add" and "pkg_delete" for binary packages, the > only references to updating a package give directions on how to use the > ports tree. > > Is there a way to update an installed package with a newer version? sysutils/portupgrade is the usual tool. I think portmaster can do this too. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFga/yWry0BWjoQKURAry4AKCeAk592maCiWrYgRC45JlgTlAakwCgpSXT BFN5VLM0QqqVOP95V6BfuZQ= =8IM0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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