From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 29 16:15:58 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 52FD616A400 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:15:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF9FC13C43E for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:15:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so195867wxc for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:15:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.30.20 with SMTP id d20mr774856agd.1175184956921; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:15:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ( [67.189.184.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 26sm952076wra.2007.03.29.09.15.56; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:15:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:15:53 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070329121553.070a6321@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070329003659.GW11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> References: <20070328011712.GR11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <20070327202842.1678265c.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <20070328212432.669353e4@gumby.homeunix.com> <20070329003659.GW11147@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> Organization: Seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.8.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_n9.XsC12K+XDOoU5.oDKQr4; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 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 16:15:58 -0000 --Sig_n9.XsC12K+XDOoU5.oDKQr4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:36:59 -0400 "Michael P. Soulier" wrote: > On 28/03/07 RW said: >=20 > > The gettext upgrade is actually a good example of what portupgrade > > offers. With portupgrade the -rf option is advisable, but not > > essential, with portmaster, it's essential that the -r option is > > used, If it's not, or the upgrade fails to complete, you can end-up > > with not much more than the base-system working. =20 >=20 > Wow. You would think that such tools would prevent you from getting > into that situation. That is the beauty of portmanager. Just using the -p flag will guarantee that all dependencies are updated, no matter how far down the dependency's tree. Using the -u -p combination will get everything working correctly, although in the case of the 'gettext' update, it can involve a large number of applications being updated. --=20 Gerard This must be morning. I never could get the hang of mornings. --Sig_n9.XsC12K+XDOoU5.oDKQr4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGC+Y5FCqdq4D1ybYRAsK9AKDse5N2zJGlXWBuMEfbAQtvDcn3/QCfejtw 3WYAbsW1vi4jZpKew9bQkJ4= =f7xT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_n9.XsC12K+XDOoU5.oDKQr4--