Package upgrade

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 02:56:03PM +0800, David Miao wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I have already installed 'python-2.4.1_3.tbz' package from FreeBSD6.0
> i386 disc 2, may I use below command to install the up-to-date python
> 2.4.2 without uninstall old version in advance?
> 
> # cd /usr/ports/lang/python  (I have downloaded the latest CVS tree)
> # make install clean
> 
> or
> 
> # pkg_add -r python

No, you need to use a tool like portupgrade.

Kris
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