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Date:      Thu, 19 May 2005 16:44:48 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Timothy Smith <timothy@open-networks.net>
Cc:        Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
Subject:   Re: can't build firefox 1.0.4 on 4.10
Message-ID:  <20050519234448.GA97995@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 09:17:32AM +1000, Timothy Smith wrote:
> Alex Zbyslaw wrote:
>=20
> >Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >
> >>On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 08:36:58AM +1000, Timothy Smith wrote:
> >>
> >>=20
> >>
> >>>yes sorry i jumped in without reading the man page for it's useage.
> >>>however some digging and a few other helpful emails and TA DA!!! it=20
> >>>works!!!
> >>>i portupgraded freetype2, and then firefox built successfully.
> >>>i was under the impression that portupgrade looked after=20
> >>>dependencies like this on it's own however?
> >>> =20
> >>
> >>
> >>If you tell it to..again, please see the manpage :)
> >>
> >>Kris
> >>=20
> >>
> >Specifically:
> >
> >    -R
> >    --upward-recursive     Act on all those packages required by the=20
> >given
> >                           packages as well. (When specified with -F,=20
> >fetch
> >                           recursively, including the brand new,=20
> >uninstalled
> >                           ports that an upgraded port requires)
> >
> >The man page is your friend.
> >
> >--Alex
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
> >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> >To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20
> >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
> >
> >
> don't i need to be wary of -R ?? wholesale upgrading of library's might=
=20
> break other apps that use them

It's *always* a good idea to update your ports with your brain turned
on :-)

portupgrade -a is often safer, because it won't update a port but
leave other dependencies of that port than the one you specified
untouched.

Kris

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