Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:08:49 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Stevan Tiefert <stevan-tiefert@kabelmail.de> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating gnome Message-ID: <20091204190849.7DAE71CC0E@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:16:05 %2B0100." <1259939765.15418.3.camel@x1-6-00-0b-6a-2d-e9-9d.search.b.superkabel.de>
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> From: Stevan Tiefert <stevan-tiefert@kabelmail.de> > Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:16:05 +0100 > Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > > Hello list, > > why should I do 'portupgrade -a' to update gnome? Why 'portupgrade -R > gnome2' is not right? I think it should be enough to update every port > which the meta-port gnome2 is pointing, isn't it? There are a number of gnome ports not covered by gnome2. They may be covered by other meta-ports (e.g. gnome2-power-tools, gnome2-office) or may be ports not part of any meta-port but still using gnome libraries and working with the Gnome environment. 'portupgrade -R gnome2' will miss these and this can lead to a variety of odd behaviors. If there are specific ports you don't want upgraded use the '-x' option or put them in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf. Your life will be much simpler down the road. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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