Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:12:11 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>, Nate Puri <natepuri@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to people easily update ports with dependencies (such as galeon)? Message-ID: <15069.62747.381019.993262@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <96092713@toto.iv>
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Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> types: > Since you've come up with this, lemme give my own view on it. I realized th= > at other than a > direct dependancy that you can point (i.e. by going into /usr/ports/www/gal= > eon and doing > 'make all-depends-list), you'll also find that there are cross dependancies= > - that other > than galeon depending on glib, other ports might also depend on it too. My = > way of doing this > has been to 'feel nothing' and just update (via make install) and let new v= > ersions of > dependancies install and I've always assumed that by letting things install= > on the default > location, they will always (overwrite???) the old files and as long as noth= > ing breaks, I > still feel nothing ;-)=20 The only problem with this is that you may leave files from the old port around that weren't in the new one. Just a waste of disk space, unless those files are man pages or commands - in which case you may have out of date documentation or commands. Doing a "pkg_delete -f <oldpackagename>" before doing the install cleans all that up for you. Nate Puri <natepuri@yahoo.com> types: > Simple, > > do this... > > pkg_version -c > update_ports.sh > > Then go in update_ports.sh and you will see a list up > ports that need to be updated (and their dependencies > will be in there too). Delete the top few lines, add > '#!/bin/sh'; do chmod 755 update_ports.sh, then do > ./update_ports.sh, and > viola!, updated ports. pkg_version -c outputs a script that updates all the ports, and does the pkg_delete -f I recommend above. It's also a bit more careful, making sure the new port will build before it deletes the old version and installs the new one. You can skip adding the "#!/bin/sh" and the chmod; just do "sh ./update_ports.sh", and it'll work. Finally, the *reason* those first few lines are there is because the author of pkg_version knows that blindly executing the output can break things, and wants you to look at the script before you run it. If you run the script without looking at it and break something, you've got no one to blame but yourself. <mike > Later, > Nate > --- Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com> wrote: > > Hi all - > > I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on a > > painless way to > > update a port that has dependencies? > > > > In my case, I currently have galeon-0.10.2 which > > requires glib-1.2.10. I > > currently have glib-1.2.8. The problem is I can > > remove my galeon port, > > and install the new one, but installing the new one > > will install the new > > version of glib without removing the old one. > > > > is there an easy way to tell it to remove any old > > ports of new versions > > it's installing? > > > > thanks! > > > > -philip > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > > the message > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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