Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 16:41:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Joe Kelsey <joek@mail.flyingcroc.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trying to keep gnome up-to-date Message-ID: <20020521164109.U73657-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <3CEAAD85.8070401@flyingcroc.net>
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PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc On Tue, 21 May 2002, Joe Kelsey wrote: > Joe Clarke wrote: > > > > > > >To get to a clean state, I can do a pkg_deinstall -fr pkgconfig, and that > >removes almost everything GNOME related (there maybe a few ports left over > >after that). When I build GNOME from scratch, I simply do: > > > > > How am I supposed to know the root of any particular dependency tree? > > It is so much easier to know the top, as in portupgrade -R gnome since > it is obvious to anyone that the meta-port is the place to start. > > It is completely un-intuitive to expect anyone to do it in reverse, > unless the port* tools provide the necessary clues, or some other file > provides the clue, such as the meta-port, for instance? > > ># cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome > ># make clean > ># make install clean > > > > > > But this does not help for an upgrade. How do I know that the root of > gnome is pkgconfig, something which does not contain the word gnome > anywhere in it? Take a look at FAQ 4 at: http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/docs/faq.html Joe > > >I don't mean to sound difficult. I realize you're frustrated. I'll do my > >best to help as much as I can. It sounds like sobomax's port system fixes > >will make this kind of thing much easier in the future. > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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