Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:42:03 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Christopher Kelley <bsd@kelleycows.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libtool note in UPDATING Message-ID: <op.s5ntodyp9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <20060227225357.GA87738@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <440377FF.4020502@kelleycows.com> <20060227225357.GA87738@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:53:57 -0600, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 02:06:55PM -0800, Christopher Kelley wrote: >> Am I reading the entry for libtool in UPDATING correctly? It seems to >> me to basically say "There's no way to tell you how to successfully >> update your ports with the new libtool, hope you really understand how >> all the ports interact with each other, good night and good luck." >> >> Now, I *DO* sort of understand the need for this change from reading the >> entry, and I'm not arguing the fact that the change needed to be made. I >> just don't know where to go from here because now I'm afraid to update >> any of my ports since I'm not sure I would understand the output of the >> -n flag enough to figure out how to update my ports. >> >> Is there a more straightforward explanation of how to upgrade ports with >> the new libtool? > > Basically, portupgrade -a should be OK (but watch out for the perl > upgrade as well, i.e. read that entry too). If you run into problems > let us know; I'd like to refine that entry with a working prescription > before the release. I doubt the 'portupgrade -a' will working on any ports that depend on glib12, gtk12 and etc. I would go with -af or -afr to force rebuild all apps if you want to use portupgrade instead remove ports and reinstall stuff as suggested in the UPDATING. Cheers, Mezz > Kris -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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