From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 12:58:10 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DB20BB06 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:58:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from local.wintek.com (local.wintek.com [72.12.201.234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "exchange.wintek.local", Issuer "WINTEKCA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AA0242E23 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:58:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rjk.wintek.local (172.28.1.248) by local.wintek.com (172.28.1.234) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.3.342.0; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:57:00 -0400 Message-ID: <53D2541C.6000006@wintek.com> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:57:00 -0400 From: Richard Kuhns User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/29.0 SeaMonkey/2.26.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" Subject: pkg-1.3 comment and questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 12:58:10 -0000 Hello, First the comment: I've also noticed that checking for out-of-date packages now takes 3 to 5 times longer than it used to. I've never used an INDEX before, as it didn't seem to offer me anything I needed/wanted. Is it considered (almost) a requirement now? Second, how do I delete a single package that has dependencies without deleting the dependencies? For example, UPDATING says libevent1 has been replaced by libevent2 via the compatibility layer. All applications that used libevent1 must be rebuilt. Please remove libevent1 before upgrading, by running: pkg delete libevent If I try 'pkg delete libevent', pkg wants to delete no only libevent but every other package that requires libevent. It's as if the recursive flag is now on by default and I can't find any way to turn it off. 'pkg help delete' doesn't offer anything. I don't have a pkg.conf file installed anywhere (that I can find, anyway). Thanks, -- Richard Kuhns Main Number: 765-742-8428 Wintek Corporation Direct: 765-269-8541 427 N 6th Street Internet Support: 765-269-8503 Lafayette, IN 47901-2211 Consulting: 765-269-8504