From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 19 21:07:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4D6416A41F for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:07:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55EBA43D4C for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:07:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B6251A3C19; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:07:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 18426515DF; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:07:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:07:53 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Philip Lykke Carlsen Message-ID: <20051119210753.GA21199@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200511191137.45598.plcplc@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200511191137.45598.plcplc@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portssystem stale dependencies X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:07:55 -0000 --YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 11:37:45AM +0100, Philip Lykke Carlsen wrote: > .. does anyone know why the problem of stale dependencies in the package system occurs?.. it's just.. the system won't let you install any given port/package without having met all the dependencies.. just how does it _forget_ that it just installed some package?.. This portupgrade error condition happens when you install/deinstall/modify ports by some other means than by using the portupgrade tools. It's not that it forgets, but that portupgrade never knew about the changes in the first place, so you have to do some work to teach it. Kris --YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDf5QoWry0BWjoQKURAjzYAKC0V+AlnAKrvPeyTZf9D/P2YuEOXQCeN6Bo /PahduFYCHSMPSyYzDcO+eY= =F/St -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4--