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Date:      Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:02:35 +0100 (CET)
From:      Espen Skoglund <esk@ira.uka.de>
To:        Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-ports@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: pkg_version
Message-ID:  <14885.13995.677725.27115@i30nb2.ira.uka.de>
In-Reply-To: <14885.13453.374790.421275@onceler.kciLink.com>
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>>>>> "VK" == Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> writes:
>>>>> "ES" == Espen Skoglund <esk@ira.uka.de> writes:

  ES> Yes.  Package upgrading should really be a bit cleaner.  What I
  ES> usually end up doing is to move the +REQUIRED_BY file away from
  ES> the /var/db/pkg directory, delete the port, reinstall it, and
  ES> move the +REQUIRED_BY file into /var/db/pkg directory again.

  VK> You also need to go back to all packages listed in +REQUIRED_BY
  VK> and update the dependency in +CONTENTS if the upgraded package
  VK> version number changes.

True.  But this is only needed if you want to create a package-file
from the installed package, isn't it?

	eSk



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