Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:39:32 +0000 From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When to use 'portupgrade -R' Message-ID: <20041210163932.GC74945@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20041210170210.L955@pukruppa.net> References: <20041210145456.GB74945@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20041210170210.L955@pukruppa.net>
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On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 05:08:44PM +0100, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: : Hmm, I am afraid your question is a bit general ... I've tried the '-R' option before, and ended up with portupgrade telling me I had stale dependencies, and I never can get those fixed right. Maybe I should just stop using that option. : Anyway: : /usr/ports/UPDATING will inform you about problematic or : necessary upgrades. : I guess reading this before portupgrade will usually keep you out : of trouble. I know Gnome/gtk often has had issues, but since I'm jettisoning Gnome for xfce, I won't have nearly as many Gnome components to worry about. jm -- My other computer is your Windows box.
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