Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 19:08:04 -0700 From: "Michael O'Henly" <michael@327.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Question about updating installed ports Message-ID: <01051415141804.04345@h24-69-46-74.gv.shawcable.net>
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I using 4.3 RELEASE , I've installed WindowMaker-0.64.0 from ports, and I'd like to update this version 0.65. I've been reading about the various ways to update installed packages and, since I haven't done this before, I'd like to ask for advice. I think the three approaches are: 1. Delete old. Install new. 2. Use pkg_update to update. 3. Use portupgrade to update. Approach 1 seemed like the cleanest, so that's what I tried. When I did "pkg_delete -v windowmaker-0.64.0", I saw a long list of items deleted, ending with: [...] Attempting to remove dependency on package `jpeg-6b' Attempting to remove dependency on package `png-1.0.11' pkg_delete: couldn't open dependency file `/var/db/pkg/png-1.0.11/+REQUIRED_BY' Attempting to remove dependency on package `libungif-4.1.0b1' Attempting to remove dependency on package `libproplist-0.10.1' Attempting to remove dependency on package `tiff-3.5.5' Attempting to remove dependency on package `imake-4.0.3' pkg_delete: couldn't open dependency file `/var/db/pkg/imake-4.0.3/+REQUIRED_BY' Attempting to remove dependency on package `gettext-0.10.35' Attempting to remove dependency on package `XFree86-libraries-4.0.3_1' pkg_delete: couldn't open dependency file `/var/db/pkg/XFree86-libraries-4.0.3_1/+REQUIRED_BY' I'm a bit concerned about the lines that look like: pkg_delete: couldn't open dependency file `/var/db/pkg/png-1.0.11/+REQUIRED_BY' What does this mean? Is it a problem? Approaches 2 and 3 look good, but I'm not sure how/if they differ (from each other). Why would one choose those methods rather than simply deleting/reinstalling? Thank you! M. -- Michael O'Henly To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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