On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Sean McAfee < smca...@collaborativefusion.com> wrote:
> O. Hartmann wrote: > >> As I mentioned, I did not and I can't risk deinstalling the working OO >> first and then installing and probably a failing OO 3.2. >> >> Regards, >> >> O. Hartmann >> > > You can use `pkg_create -b name_of_port-with_version` to create a binary > backup. If you can't get 3.2 installed, you just run pkg_add on the > resulting tbz and you're back in business. > > I do this whenever I upgrade OO, Firefox, Thunderbird, or anything other > program I can't wait around for while I freshly compile. portmaster and portupgrade both include a -b switch as well, which will create a backup package before uninstalling the port to install the new version. -- Freddie Cash fjwc...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"