Using portupgrade

exp at netbox.yi.org exp at netbox.yi.org
Tue Mar 22 11:30:14 PST 2005


On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 11:38:52AM -0700, Pat Maddox wrote:
> What are some considerations to make before upgrading the ports?  Does
> upgrading them overwrite the existing config files?  I've got a number
> of ports that aren't up-to-date, but this is running on a server, so I
> don't want to muck up the software and configs that are currently
> running.
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portupgrade won't modify your config files. But be sure to read /usr/ports/UPDATING before you upgrade anything.


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