From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 29 01:40:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E93216A401 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:40:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au) Received: from titania.auscert.org.au (gw.auscert.org.au [203.5.112.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ED0013C457 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:40:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au) Received: from app.auscert.org.au (app [10.0.1.192]) by titania.auscert.org.au (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l2T1TIm9058301; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:29:18 +1000 (EST) Received: from app.auscert.org.au (localhost.auscert.org.au [127.0.0.1]) by app.auscert.org.au (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l2T1TIoN068066; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:29:18 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au) Message-Id: <200703290129.l2T1TIoN068066@app.auscert.org.au> From: Joel Hatton To: "Michael P. Soulier" In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:34:00 -0400." <20070329003400.GV11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:29:18 +1000 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the art of pkgdb -F X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:40:11 -0000 Hi, On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:34:00 -0400, "Michael P. Soulier" wrote: > >Now, I've been upgrading ports via > >portupgrade -R > >as suggested in the handbook. As -R upgrades only those packages that require >those supplied, and not those that it requires, would that cause it? Be careful with your syntax: '-R' isn't consistent between pkg_info and portupgrade: Running 'pkg_info -R' will downward recurse, or show dependencies of the port in question, but 'portupgrade -R' will upward recurse and upgrade every port on which it depends - which often causes a _lot_ of ports to be rebuilt and is, in fact, the opposite of your description above. I've been caught by this before... regards -- Joel Hatton -- Infrastructure Manager | Hotline: +61 7 3365 4417 AusCERT - Australia's national CERT | Fax: +61 7 3365 7031 The University of Queensland | WWW: www.auscert.org.au Qld 4072 Australia | Email: auscert@auscert.org.au