Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 19:37:40 +0000 From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Joshua Lokken <joshua.lokken@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When to use 'portupgrade -R' Message-ID: <20041210193740.GA3529@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <bc5b6385041210113236b5aee4@mail.gmail.com> References: <20041210145456.GB74945@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20041210170210.L955@pukruppa.net> <20041210163932.GC74945@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <bc5b6385041210113236b5aee4@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 01:32:33PM -0600, Joshua Lokken wrote: : from 'man portupgrade(1)': : : -r : --recursive Act on all those packages depending on the : given packages as well. : : -R : --upward-recursive Act on all those packages required : by the given packages as well. [snip] : : It sounds like you are / were not sure of what those options : actually do. Have a read of the manpage; it'll do you worlds : of good. Actually, it WAS what I was trying to do. I wanted to upgrade gnome2-lite and all the packages it required, because gnome2-lite is a meta-port. jm -- My other computer is your Windows box.
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