Subject: Re: updating installed packages
To: Julio Merino <jmmv@menta.net>
From: Rene Hexel <rh@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 12/21/2002 17:03:42
On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 08:59, Julio Merino wrote:

> Just use "make replace" instead of "make update" for the package
> you want to update.

  Don't forget to "make clean CLEANDEPENDS=yes" thereafter, otherwise
you end up with a dirty tree.

  Just be careful when updating libraries or other packages where an ABI
change can cause havoc.  In such cases, there is no way around a "make
update".

  Cheers
      ,
   Rene