From fa94fcaacd5024e56c6ce25e495dd039f3e91324 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: justin <justin@web>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:24:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Note on updating bootstrap tools

---
 docs/howtos/HowToPkgsrc.mdwn | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/howtos/HowToPkgsrc.mdwn b/docs/howtos/HowToPkgsrc.mdwn
index fdf18fdc..9f3a8afe 100644
--- a/docs/howtos/HowToPkgsrc.mdwn
+++ b/docs/howtos/HowToPkgsrc.mdwn
@@ -128,7 +128,13 @@ pkg_chk: will update package by removing them and rebuilding them.  Warning: pro
 
 'pkg_add -u': point at a local or online binary archive location to download and update packages.
 
+**Note**: Sometimes, basic pkgsrc tools, like bmake or pkg_install, need to be upgraded.  However, they can't be deleted and replaced since you need that tool to accomplish replacement.  The solution is to build a separate package before deletion, and install that package.
 
+    bmake replace USE_DESTDIR=yes
+
+or
+
+    pkg_add -u /path/to/newer/pkg
 
 ## Removing packages
 
-- 
2.41.0