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Date:      Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:53:57 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Christopher Kelley <bsd@kelleycows.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: libtool note in UPDATING
Message-ID:  <20060227225357.GA87738@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <440377FF.4020502@kelleycows.com>
References:  <440377FF.4020502@kelleycows.com>

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On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 02:06:55PM -0800, Christopher Kelley wrote:
> Am I reading the entry for libtool in UPDATING correctly?  It seems to=20
> me to basically say "There's no way to tell you how to successfully=20
> update your ports with the new libtool, hope you really understand how=20
> all the ports interact with each other, good night and good luck."
>=20
> Now, I *DO* sort of understand the need for this change from reading the=
=20
> entry, and I'm not arguing the fact that the change needed to be made. I=
=20
> just don't know where to go from here because now I'm afraid to update=20
> any of my ports since I'm not sure I would understand the output of the=
=20
> -n flag enough to figure out how to update my ports.
>=20
> Is there a more straightforward explanation of how to upgrade ports with=
=20
> the new libtool?

Basically, portupgrade -a should be OK (but watch out for the perl
upgrade as well, i.e. read that entry too).  If you run into problems
let us know; I'd like to refine that entry with a working prescription
before the release.

Kris

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