Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:57:45 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: jpeg-7 - rebuild all dependencies - how? Message-ID: <200907241257.45777.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <20090724135118.0747a9c7@scorpio.seibercom.net> References: <20090724120343.GA74404@aurora.oekb.co.at> <20090724125542.GC51640@torus.slightlystrange.org> <20090724135118.0747a9c7@scorpio.seibercom.net>
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On Friday 24 July 2009 10:51:18 am Jerry wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:55:42 +0100 > > "Daniel Bye" <danielby@slightlystrange.org> wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 02:03:43PM +0200, Ewald Jenisch wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Updating one of my sytems I followed /usr/ports/UPDATING and did a > > > "pkg_delete -r jpeg-6b_7" - only to discover that everything that > > > > Au contraire, Blackadder. UPDATING says to run either of > > > > portmaster -r jpeg* > > > > OR > > > > portupgrade -fr graphics/jpeg > > Which, unfortunately, does not build /x11/kdelibs3 with the updated > jpeg library. I had to make a link from the old library to the new one > to get the update to work correctly. I know that some have suggested > that, that is not the proper way to do it; however, the fact that it > works is all I was interested in. There is the -L option for pkgdb, which fixes lost dependencies. I ran it on a system that I have been having problems upgrading and it seemed to fix all of the ones giving me grief. If the -fr didn't work, then you may need to use the -L option to get things back in order. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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