Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 07:42:57 -0500 From: "Zimmerman, Eric" <Zimmerman.Eric@con-way.com> To: "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org>, "Luke Dean" <LukeD@pobox.com> Cc: wc_fbsd@xxiii.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Update from Ports removes dependency data Message-ID: <12AAD6CC50A25841834F43955F39B66E0402BB95@qgaes001.conway.prod.con-way.com>
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> > and my algorithm isn't really airtight, but I'll give you the algorithm > > I'm using. The script just uses pkg_info, pkg_version, and grep. >=20 > Sounds like you're reinventing the wheel..portupgrade does all this > and more. >=20 > Kris Portmanager works great as well (in my experience anyways). It automatically rebuilds things as needed when new ports come along (including ports built with old dependencies). It even handled everything properly when a new version of perl came along. Its as simple as 'portmanager -u' in most cases. Eric
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