in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Hans Lambermont thusly... > > Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > ... > > The way you upgrade a port/package on a FreeBSD machine is that > > you pkg_delete (deinstall) the old one before pkg_add'ing > > (installing) the new one. All package management systems on > > every platform I've used (Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD) behave > > this way. > > The dreadful RPM system does not work this way. It leaves the > files that get no update untouched, adds new stuff next to them > and then removes the obsoleted files. rpm -Uvv shows the upgrade > behaviour : > > * Run %pre of new package (2) > * Install new files > * Run %post of new package (2) > * Run %preun of old package (1) > * Delete any old files not overwritten by newer ones > * Run %postun of old package (1)
So, if anything makes the upgrade to halt after the 3d step, only mess is left to clean up (if one is aware & willing)? - Parv -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
