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Date:      Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:54:24 -0500
From:      Brandon Allbery <allbery.b@gmail.com>
To:        vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl>
Cc:        freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PKG wants to remove a lot of installed packages only to install MOZJPEG package
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On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 6:07 AM, vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl> wrote:

> I wanted to add 'mozjpeg' package, but PKG wants to remove a lot of other
> packages in that process, any explanation for that?


As a general rule, you want to upgrade all installed pkgs first because the
new package may have a dependency incompatible with the installed set;
upgrading installed packages should get you packages compatible with the
new one.

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