From owner-freebsd-ports Wed Oct 30 12:11:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FC5C37B401 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:11:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from lerlaptop.iadfw.net (lerlaptop.iadfw.net [206.66.13.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B748F43E6E for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:11:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lerlaptop.iadfw.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9UKBgFS002977; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 14:11:42 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Subject: Re: How flexible _is_ the use of ports? From: Larry Rosenman To: Brian Reichert Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20021030150951.J618@numachi.com> References: <20021030150951.J618@numachi.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 30 Oct 2002 14:11:42 -0600 Message-Id: <1036008702.460.29.camel@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 14:09, Brian Reichert wrote: > The lastest rev of my desktop, I committed to the use of ports to > introduce software to the system. I'm quite impressed with the > amount of work that people have put into this; it does quite a bit > for me. > > I had a recent hard crash (which I rebooted from successfully) > revealed some misbehavior on Mozilla's port. No biggie, I said, > I'll just reinstall it from ports. > > This didn't clear up my problem; seemingly the issue is not with > Mozilla, but with one of the build- or run-dependancies. > > Is there a way to ask a port, and all of it's dependancies (and > theirs, recursively) to be reinstalled, while honoring FORCE_PKG_REGISTER? > > The try-one-at-a-time method is _quite_ tiring... > > Oh, this under 4.5-RELEASE, FWIW... portupgrade -fr portname (/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade). (or is it portupgrade -fR? ) read the man page. > > -- > Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert > 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 > Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message