Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 22:59:39 +0200 From: Olivier Gautherot <olivier@gautherot.net> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [kde-freebsd] koffice build failure Message-ID: <1148677179.44776c3b228d7@imp3-g19.free.fr> In-Reply-To: <44776753.4030204@FreeBSD.org> References: <200605250123.05126.beech@alaskaparadise.com> <44763F33.50008@freebsd.org> <200605252250.05251.beech@alaskaparadise.com> <200605260754.17365.ogautherot@vtr.net> <44776753.4030204@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi Doug,
> > It's not only QT: the ports system is a bit sensitive and if you recompile
> > a library, you should actually recompile all the apps that depend on it.
>
> In my experience this is sometimes, but not always necessary. One of the key
> benefits of shared libraries is that you usually don't have to recompile the
> binaries. For example, on my desktop, with 166 ports installed, the only
> library that I need to reinstall its dependencies is gnutls.
I've also done several portupgrade -a that succeded but, several times,
application started breaking (and it is difficult to tell in advance
when this happens). The first times, I reinstalled the complete system
(fairly unhappy about it) but, last time, I went through the exercise
of recompiling all dependencies that were (from a compilation date point
of view, not version) out of date and it worked.
When you have 166 ports installed, it's OK. When you have in the order of
800+, it is more painful...
Cheers
--
"If there is no solution, there is no problem"
Shadok proverb
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Olivier Gautherot
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