Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:16:47 -0600 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile) Message-ID: <43FD372F.2060701@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <1140667363.4762.34.camel@neuromancer.home.net> References: <1140659905.1984.20.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <43FD3301.6030105@computer.org> <1140667363.4762.34.camel@neuromancer.home.net>
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Ow Mun Heng wrote: > On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:58 -0600, Eric Schuele wrote: >> Ow Mun Heng wrote: > >>> In gentoo, it's a simple "emerge xterm" and all will be done >>> automatically. (Granted, this is compile from source and not from binary >>> packages, which I know can do "cd /usr/ports/x11/xterm && make install >>> clean", but since FreeBSD has binary packages, I rather use that) >> Try 'man portupgrade'. Look at "-P" or "-PP" switch. might be what you >> need. I would imagine you'd have the best results if you pulled the >> package down manually then ran portupgrade with appropriate switches. > > I followed the advice of Kevin Kinsey and tried it out. > It's working. Just like Gentoo's Emerge (emerge -Kav xterm) Ah. Got distracted by kids and never finished reading his entire post. Sorry for the noise. > > The only thing (again) unnerving is this statement. > > [snip] > pkg_delete: package 'gettext-0.14.5' is required by these other packages > and may not be deinstalled (but I'll delete it anyway): <--- *anyway*?? > bash-3.1.10 > [/snip] > Don't worry. Its normal. Any loose ends with respect to dependencies will get tied up later. > -- Regards, Eric
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