Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Chiang Seng Chang writes:
> 
> >  portupgrade wont work because ver 22 was not installed in the
> >  first place.
> >  
> >  pkg_deinstall ver 21 wont work because there are dependencies.
> >  
> >  portinstall ver 22 wont work because ver 21 is there.
> >  
> >  how do i get out of this catch-22 ?
> 
>       pkg_delete -f <old pkg>
>       pkgdb -F                                # just to be sure
>       portinstall <new pkg>
> 
>       (Crude, but effective.)

Slightly less crude would be something like 
portupgrade -o <new pkg> -f <old pkg>
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