On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 01:07:25PM -0500, Juan Miscaro wrote: > I am working with a recent snapshot installation (090208) and I have > some questions regarding updating packages with pkg_add. > > > ... > 1. I am shown the following: > > Not updating .libs-curl-7.16.2, remember to clean it > Not updating .libs-db-4.2.52p11, remember to clean it > Not updating .libs-pcre-7.1, remember to clean it > Not updating .libs-png-1.2.18, remember to clean it > > How do I "clean it"?
By using pkg_delete > I have these files on my system. By "cleaning it" should I merely > delete the earlier version? If so, why doesn't pkg_add do it? Because you might have compiled stuff on your system manually, and then if you remove those libs, you will break it. But you're right, it's poorly documented...
