Using portupgrade

[Christopher Nehren]

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On 2005-03-22, Pat Maddox scribbled these
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> 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.

You have good dumps, yes? And you've read /usr/ports/UPDATING, yes? And
you've reviewed any changes to the Makefiles of the ports in question,
yes? Then you shouldn't have any issues.

Best Regards,
Christopher Nehren
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