port upgrading problems....

[Tim Kellers]

cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86
make clean build

(same with kde)

when you decide to upgrade to the newer version:

portupgrade -w XFree886

(the -w is the same as --noclean)

It won't rebuild again; it just installs

HTH 

Tim Kellers
CPE/NJIT

On Thursday 17 July 2003 04:37 pm, Jim Bryant wrote:
> I am having a problem building the upgraded versions of XF86-4 and KDE
>
> The problem is that it sees my XF86-4.2.x files and says that 4.3.x is
> already installed.
>
> Same for the KDE-3.1.2 upgrade from KDE-3.0.x
>
> How can I force these builds to proceed, while retaining my current
> versions at least until I'm ready to install the new versions after they
> are built?
>
> Apparently, the ports makefiles are not checking version numbers, but
> only the existance of files that seem to be common between versions.
>
> Jim