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Date:      Sun, 24 May 2009 10:33:19 -0400
From:      Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Force rebuild/reinstall dependent ports
Message-ID:  <20090524103319.53865644@scorpio>
In-Reply-To: <20090524021805.453ea089@gumby.homeunix.com>
References:  <20090523233141.GA1667@volt.iem.pw.edu.pl> <18968.37675.828078.687262@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20090524021805.453ea089@gumby.homeunix.com>

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On Sun, 24 May 2009 02:18:05 +0100
RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 23 May 2009 20:22:03 -0400
>Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote:
>
>>=20
>> Marcin Rzepecki writes:
>>=20
>> >  But why won't port do this automatically? Is there a way to force
>> >  it before installing updated port version?
>>=20
>> 	Revuilding a dependency (here, dovecot) does not always
>> require rebuilding the dependant port.  Sometimes, but not always.
>> 	Also: are you aware of ports-mgmt/portupgrade,
>> ports-mgmt/portmaster, etc.?
>
>This kind of thing should be in UPDATING.
>
>Portmanager will update automatically, at the expense of a lot of
>gratuitous rebuilding.

I use 'portmanager' myself. It fixes a lot of problems that other
'update managers' seem to miss. Update your ports tree and then run:

	portmanager mail/dovecot -l -f -y

That should get all of your dependencies corrected.


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Jerry
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