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Date:      Sun, 16 Jul 2017 12:52:28 +0000
From:      Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Firefox/GTK3 issue and reinstalling dependent ports
Message-ID:  <20968df3-43ba-b38d-54ff-192d9cb3ad3a@gjunka.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170716124506.GA39925@home.opsec.eu>
References:  <a5c089fc-7de4-e095-5602-f7201e833342@gjunka.com> <20170716124506.GA39925@home.opsec.eu>

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On 16/07/2017 12:45, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
>
>> I am using poudriere and wanted to track down which repository/option is
>> responsible for this issue. I created a new repository where I compiled
>> Firefox with all its dependencies with default options. But I don't know
>> how to reinstall Firefox with all its dependencies?
>>
>> I tried:
>>
>> pkg install -r firefox-test -R -f www/firefox
>> pkg upgrade -r firefox-test -f www/firefox
>>
>> Both of them reinstall only the Firefox package. There is 241
>> dependencies when building Firefox with default options so it's kind of
>> difficult to reinstall all of them manually. How do I force to also
>> reinstall dependencies?
> I know no way to do this which is not 'radical':
>
> pkg clean -a
>
> removes the cache. Then remove all packages (pkg delete -a) and
> re-install firefox with
>
> pkg install firefox
>

Thanks for your prompt response!
Will either pkg clean -a or pkg delete -a uninstall any of the installed 
ports? There is over 1000 of them and I wouldn't like to have to install 
all of them again from scratch.

I don't mind cleaning the cache and the database since the package 
repository is served over nginx from the same desktop.

Grzegorz



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