Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 21:11:10 -0700 From: Aaron Holmes <aaron@aaronholmes.net> To: Jim Angstadt <jimajima9@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Portmanager Output Resolution Message-ID: <44752E5E.8040004@aaronholmes.net> In-Reply-To: <20060525034701.8799.qmail@web50005.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060525034701.8799.qmail@web50005.mail.yahoo.com>
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Jim Angstadt wrote: > --- Aaron Holmes <aaron@aaronholmes.net> wrote: > > >> Jim Angstadt wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Having run "portmanager -u" several times now, I >>> >> am >> >>> very pleased to say that my times have decreased >>> >> from >> >>> an initial 38 hours to about 2 hours, per run. >>> >>> Along the way, I have cleaned up "conflicts" and >>> >> did >> >>> "pkg_delete" on several applications that were >>> "included in base" or that really were not needed. >>> >>> Now I'm faced with situations where I don't have a >>> clue. Below is partial output from "portmanager >>> >> -s". >> >>> I have manipulated each line to avoid line >>> >> wrapping >> >>> problems, I hope. >>> >>> 00129 have:cdrtools-2.01_4 >>> /sysutils/cdrtools >>> OLD available: cdrtools-2.01_5 >>> 00131 have:libcdio-0.76_1 >>> /sysutils/libcdio >>> OLD available: libcdio-0.77 >>> 00141 have:dvd+rw-tools-6.1 >>> /sysutils/dvd+rw-tools >>> built with OLD dependency: cdrtools-2.01_5 >>> 00186 have:nautilus-cd-burner-2.14.1 >>> /sysutils/nautilus-cd-burner >>> built with OLD dependency: cdrtools-2.01_5 >>> 00250 have:sound-juicer-2.14.3 >>> /audio/sound-juicer >>> OLD available: sound-juicer-2.14.3_1 >>> 00255 have:gnome2-2.14.1 >>> /x11/gnome2 >>> built with OLD dependency: sound-juicer-2.14.3_1 >>> >>> In the case of cdrtools or libcdio or >>> >> sound-juicer, >> >>> I think this is telling me that I have an older >>> version installed and a newer version is >>> >> available. >> >>> What should I do in this situation? >>> >>> In the case of dvd+rw-tools or nautilus-cd-burner >>> >> or >> >>> gnome2, apparently I have a solid-gold chance to >>> >> mess >> >>> up dependencies. >>> >>> What should I do here? >>> >>> Please note that I am new to FreeBSD and have a >>> >> very >> >>> limited exposure to using "make" to build >>> >> packages. >> >>> Any links to dealing with portmanager output >>> would be appreciated. >>> >>> Jim >>> > > [...] > > >> Is it absolutely necessary for you to update these >> dependencies? >> If it is, you can try portupgrade <port> but that my >> very well break >> everything :p >> > > So far, the few apps that I have used appear to work > as expected, but I have not tested many that I hope to > use. > > I was under the impression that it is desirable and > reasonable to resolve portmanager output. Is this a > mistaken idea? > > Thanks, > Jim > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I guess it would depend on who you ask. I, personally tend to live by "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" at least if it's a production box. I don't use any sort of GUI of my FreeBSD systems, so I will leave this to someone else to answer. sorry. Aaron
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