Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 17:20:19 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: "'Stephen P. Cravey'" <cravey@hal-pc.org> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Upgrading ports and existing programs Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D4C@site2s1>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen P. Cravey [SMTP:cravey@hal-pc.org] > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 2:43 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Upgrading ports and existing programs > > I'd like to upgrade the versions of some of my installed programs from > ports. I can cvsup new ports, but before I do, I have a few questions. > > Are there several ports trees I can cvsup (ports-stable, ports-current, > ports-really-really-buggy)? > > Do I need to 'make deinstall' all of the programs i've previeously > installed from the ports collection before I cvsup the new ports? After I > cvsup the new ports? at all? when? > Ok, this one answer I haven't seen yet in all of the replies. 1. What one would normally do is the following. 2. cvsup ports. 3. run "pkg_version" to find out which ports have been updated. (pkg_delete is also found in the ports collection.) 4. run a "make all" in the port so you know it will compile successfully. 5. "pkg_delete" the old version of the port. 6. run a "make install" in the port's directory. > Do I need to worry about a new version of a port not working on my > 3.1-stable system? > > Will cron-ing a ports cvsup cause any problems for installed programs? > upgrading or removing them? > > basically, how the heck do I do this without messing up my system? > > Thank you. > > -Stephen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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