Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:21:30 -0500 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Ross Gohlke" <ross@grinz.com> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/ports/UPDATING - change command Message-ID: <op.udn7l4rk9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <486B93BD.3070403@grinz.com> References: <486B93BD.3070403@grinz.com>
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On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:42:05 -0500, Ross Gohlke <ross@grinz.com> wrote: >> 20080630: >> AFFECTS: users of graphics/poppler* and future users of firefox3 >> AUTHOR: FreeBSD GNOME Team <gnome@FreeBSD.org> >> >> The poppler* ports have been updated to 0.8.3 and the shared libraries >> have changed. Firefox 3.0 has been added to the tree as www/firefox3. >> These changes require that all dependent ports be updated. You can do >> this in one of two ways: >> >> # portmaster -a >> >> or >> >> # portupgrade -a > I propose the following change VVVV > > These changes require that any port which depends on any poppler* port > must be upgraded. For each poppler* port installed: > <I don't use portmaster> > or > # portupgrade -rf <poppler-port-name> > > You can see what would happen first with: > # portupgrade -rfn <poppler-port-name> > > ---------------- > > Unless I'm missing something, portupgrade -a is completely unnecessary > and in my case would be dangerous. The 'port* -a' aren't dangerous if you follow every steps in UPDATING. The 90% of bug reports that we get because users don't have installed ports up to date. Cheers, Mezz -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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