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Date:      Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:38:37 +0100
From:      RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How did upgrading applications happen before portupgrade etc?
Message-ID:  <20070813123837.5436aeec@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:14:46 +0200
Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote:

> Quoting RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> (from Sun, 12 Aug 2007  
> 18:18:10 +0100):
> 
> > On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:20:59 +0200
> > Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Quoting RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> (Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:58:58
> >> +0100):

> > Actually having dependencies package version mismatches needn't
> > cause any significant problems. 
> 
> It does cause problems. You have no +REQUIRED_BY file anymore, so  
> pkg_delete allows you to remove it without a warning even if it is  
> still needed.

I didn't say it doesn't, I said it needn't. When I have to remove a
package manually as part of an upgrade, I use "pkg_delete -f", so it
doesn't matter. When I prune ports I use "portmanager -slid" which
doesn't rely on +REQUIRED_BY, and provides additional protection against
build-dependency deletion which you don't get from pkg_delete.



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