Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:53:33 -0500 From: Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> To: "'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'freebsd-ports@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: pkg_version Message-ID: <14885.13453.374790.421275@onceler.kciLink.com> In-Reply-To: <14885.12483.338680.900539@i30nb2.ira.uka.de> References: <7799D023E51ED311BFB50008C75DD7B402881AEC@uschiexc05.kweb.us.kpmg.com> <14885.12483.338680.900539@i30nb2.ira.uka.de>
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>>>>> "ES" == Espen Skoglund <esk@ira.uka.de> writes: ES> Yes. Package upgrading should really be a bit cleaner. What I ES> usually end up doing is to move the +REQUIRED_BY file away from the ES> /var/db/pkg directory, delete the port, reinstall it, and move the ES> +REQUIRED_BY file into /var/db/pkg directory again. You also need to go back to all packages listed in +REQUIRED_BY and update the dependency in +CONTENTS if the upgraded package version number changes. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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