From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 18 11:33:50 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 201A937B401 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:33:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from mired.org (ip68-97-54-220.ok.ok.cox.net [68.97.54.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B1AC643FA3 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:33:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm-dated-1048448026.f93642@mired.org) Received: (qmail 79275 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2003 19:33:46 -0000 Received: from localhost.mired.org (HELO guru.mired.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.mired.org with SMTP; 18 Mar 2003 19:33:46 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15991.29850.219484.871198@guru.mired.org> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:33:46 -0600 To: Matthew Smith Cc: David.Bear@asu.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_upgrade ? In-Reply-To: <1048014804.2249.26.camel@localhost> References: <20030318095553.F18308@asu.edu> <15991.24017.741532.962785@guru.mired.org> <1048014804.2249.26.camel@localhost> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`; h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ From: Mike Meyer X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.71 (Hoop, Jr.) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In <1048014804.2249.26.camel@localhost>, Matthew Smith typed: > Of course, this method does not work if there are any packages/ports > depending on the port you are upggrading. The pkg_deinstall will fail > because of the dependencies. I believe a pkg_deinstall -f will forcibly > remove the package anyway. Unfortunately, I still sometimes find the > dependent ports need to be recompiled for the new version of the port > you are installing. Yup. That's what portupgrade is for. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message