On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 21:12, Marc Silver wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> You could use /usr/ports/sysytils/portupgrade to do this... and as far
> as I know it can use packages instead of source... :)
>
> Good luck,
> Marc
>
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 05:42:08PM +1030, Ian Moore wrote:
> > If I want to upgrade kde 3.0.3 to 3.0.5 using the packages, rather
> > than compiling from ports, what is the best way to do it?  I've
> > cvsup'ed my ports tree last night and downloaded all the packages from
> > ftp.kde Is there some way to upgrade to the new packages and all their
> > dependencies in the same way that the ports system would upgrade
> > dependencies automatically?

Thanks,
I did that & work liked like a dream - portupgrade is quite awesome!
I hadn't realised it could work with packages as well as ports.

Cheers,
Ian

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