Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:40:05 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the art of pkgdb -F Message-ID: <20070329204005.1c3b7130@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20070329121553.070a6321@localhost> References: <20070328011712.GR11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <20070327202842.1678265c.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <d7195cff0703272219r3e504bd5tb09ca5acd3f82776@mail.gmail.com> <20070328212432.669353e4@gumby.homeunix.com> <20070329003659.GW11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <20070329121553.070a6321@localhost>
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:15:53 -0400 Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> wrote: > On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:36:59 -0400 > "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca> wrote: > > > On 28/03/07 RW said: > > > > > The gettext upgrade is actually a good example of what portupgrade > > > offers. With portupgrade the -rf option is advisable, but not > > > essential, with portmaster, it's essential that the -r option is > > > used, If it's not, or the upgrade fails to complete, you can > > > end-up with not much more than the base-system working. > > > > Wow. You would think that such tools would prevent you from getting > > into that situation. > > That is the beauty of portmanager. Just using the -p flag will > guarantee that all dependencies are updated, no matter how far down > the dependency's tree. Using the -u -p combination will get everything > working correctly, although in the case of the 'gettext' update, it > can involve a large number of applications being updated. > Portmanager is really no better, the dependencies recorded in the package database are also recursive. The big problem with gettext was that a lot of port failed to build afterwards, leaving them with a missing library.
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