Re: Multiple port versions

2007-01-04 Thread Lothar Braun
Hi, On Wednesday 03 January 2007 16:33, Vizion wrote: > Just been doing a check on installed applications. > > pkg_info shows multiple installed versions of autoconf, automake, db & > gnupg. viz: > > autoconf-2.13.000227_5 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x > platforms > autoconf-2.5

Re: Multiple port versions

2007-01-03 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 1/3/07, Vizion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What is the safest way to remove the earlier versions? I think if you portupgrade the apps that require those, like portupgrade -R then it'll upgrade both the app and the required port, removing the duplication. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAI

RE: Multiple port versions

2007-01-03 Thread Vizion
Just a quick thank everyone who responded so helpfully.. I guess its a case of leaving sleeping dogs well alone!! \ Thanks v much david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsu

Multiple port versions

2007-01-03 Thread Robert Huff
Vizion writes: > What is the safest way to remove the earlier versions? By not doing so. Different ports use different versions of the same program; this especially true with things like "automake" and "autoconf". (In the latter two instances there's a push on to unify some or a

Re: Multiple port versions

2007-01-03 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jan 03), Vizion said: > Just been doing a check on installed applications. > > pkg_info shows multiple installed versions of autoconf, automake, db > & gnupg. viz: > > autoconf-2.13.000227_5 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x > platforms > autoconf-2.53_3

Multiple port versions

2007-01-03 Thread Vizion
Just been doing a check on installed applications. pkg_info shows multiple installed versions of autoconf, automake, db & gnupg. viz: autoconf-2.13.000227_5 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x platforms autoconf-2.53_3 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x platfor